Post 3 - Sudden sound solutions!
A Session of Sync Sound Solutions and Setup -
Welcome back. It's time for your mandatory filler post! That's right, you've got to read all of this before you can hear about the excitement of the Documentary. So enjoy it!
Interviews. They're informative, simple, and mildly uncomfortable for everyone involved. But one of the most important aspects of interviews is the sound quality! If you can't hear what they're saying because the sound is muffling out their valuable words of wisdom, then you've got yourself a bit of a rubbish interview! So, that's why today, we learned about how to do that sound thing when it comes to filming for our upcoming Documentaries.
One of the first methods for capturing your subjects' vocal noises is a Radio microphone. These are quite simply small boxes you can attach to the subject, (or put in their pocket) from which stems a long wire with a tiny microphone on the end. You've probably seen them before on stage shows on TV. It functions by having the box connect up to another box (using radio signals) you have on your person from which to hear and record whatever your chatty, chatty subject is spouting. These are quite popular quite simply because they can get quite close to your subject and pick up sound loud and clear for the duration of the interview.
There can of course be connection issues or sounds of cloth rubbing against the mic, however solutions have been found for this! First of all, to stop the mic moving, we were shown to fold tape into a triangle, and place one "tape wedge" (as I will now refer to them) on either side of the end of the microphone. Not only will this protect the microphone, but because of the stickiness of the tape wedges, cloth won't rub as easily, it'll just get stuck and be completely silent! Not to mention, this is an added benefit if you need the mic hidden. You can stick the mic anywhere! On the inside of a shirt, behind a tie, in their wig, the possibilities are endless!
In the Documentary, Miki is in charge of sound. We plan on using boom mics to collect sound in the picturehouse, so Miki will need to have some quality upper body strength while carrying around the boom pole! Who's Miki I hear you cry!? You'll find out!
Welcome back. It's time for your mandatory filler post! That's right, you've got to read all of this before you can hear about the excitement of the Documentary. So enjoy it!
Interviews. They're informative, simple, and mildly uncomfortable for everyone involved. But one of the most important aspects of interviews is the sound quality! If you can't hear what they're saying because the sound is muffling out their valuable words of wisdom, then you've got yourself a bit of a rubbish interview! So, that's why today, we learned about how to do that sound thing when it comes to filming for our upcoming Documentaries.
One of the first methods for capturing your subjects' vocal noises is a Radio microphone. These are quite simply small boxes you can attach to the subject, (or put in their pocket) from which stems a long wire with a tiny microphone on the end. You've probably seen them before on stage shows on TV. It functions by having the box connect up to another box (using radio signals) you have on your person from which to hear and record whatever your chatty, chatty subject is spouting. These are quite popular quite simply because they can get quite close to your subject and pick up sound loud and clear for the duration of the interview.
There can of course be connection issues or sounds of cloth rubbing against the mic, however solutions have been found for this! First of all, to stop the mic moving, we were shown to fold tape into a triangle, and place one "tape wedge" (as I will now refer to them) on either side of the end of the microphone. Not only will this protect the microphone, but because of the stickiness of the tape wedges, cloth won't rub as easily, it'll just get stuck and be completely silent! Not to mention, this is an added benefit if you need the mic hidden. You can stick the mic anywhere! On the inside of a shirt, behind a tie, in their wig, the possibilities are endless!
In the Documentary, Miki is in charge of sound. We plan on using boom mics to collect sound in the picturehouse, so Miki will need to have some quality upper body strength while carrying around the boom pole! Who's Miki I hear you cry!? You'll find out!
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