RECORDING SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY FILM

[genido]

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hi guys, i love you all.... ;)
no in fact you are great whatelse is needed to sey then LOVE...

LOVE FXGUIDE

now seriusly... ii'm going to madagascar to shoot a fil a portret of one traditional music group/familly there.... they are tvelwe, they do performances (or in their sense rituls) whicha are incredible... anyway, i will go there alone, with one canon xl2 or maybe even with xlh1 :) and few objectivs...
as i will be alone there, i need to do the image and sound in the same time... the cameras they have four entrence and i don't know much abot recrding microphones for film/video... (ecept the usual ones, direc, onidirect, senhaiser or neumann the one we ue for fishing :lol: ...

can anybody give me some references abaut mics that i could use, because i would like to do it with four chanels/track and try to finalize it in 5.1 sound... i sow some holders for 5.1 miking, but they are realy expensiv... :?: :?: :?:


and i was thinking that FXGUIDE could open one theme about recording sound....it would be nice... for us the people who do the thing on our own, it's one major point in making a films an also effects... exaple: an explosion without credible sound will not look good even if it's very good composited...

well that is guys,

i hope you will find some of your presious moments to help me or tell me from your own experience....

anyway thanx guys

genido :wink:

[iraflowers]

For your interviews there is no reason to go beyond stereo. In fact most dialogue is recorded in mono only to be mixed in stereo later. If you're after ambient sound (for folley or sound design) record in stereo.

If you're going to do four track what I suggest is use a boom and a lav mic. If you've got a sound guy that would be fantastic. To get great sound it's best to have a member of the team only focusing on that.

Get the best mic you can buy or rent. Make sure the mixer can record +4db (ideal).
If you've got a compresser then bang your in business. It can be easy to clip your sound so make sure to have everything properly beaded. And make sure your boom is always at axis.

It's also a good idea to record at least 60 seconds of room tone. Especially when lots of locations are involved.

[imported_mseymour7]

Totally agree - and the room tone is REALLY important... dont think 5 sec will be enough either - get a full 60 sec if you can.

Mike

[genido]

thanx GURU! ;))

... i could not replay sooner, there was one australian girl that ocuppied my mind and body....

anyway, she left :(

... so back to job...

and you think the boom would be ok for a whole band... i have one stereo boom mic senhaiser... quite nice and very ambiental... but don't you think i could use one or two omni directional on the sides???

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