Audio Question For A Short Film

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Ballin' Jack

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Basically a few of the shot are going to require the actors to be far away from the camera. I am looking for a sound man but i want to cover my ass just incase I cant get anyone and I have to get a friend to record the audio.

I was A. either going to use these lavalier mics I have, and rent a transmitter and receiver. But it is risky cause the audio could get screwed easily with any movement and I don't really know what I'm doing with the transmitters and receivers. Or B. I was going to use the Edirol R-09 voice recorder or the Zoom h4 and have both actors hide them in front pockets, and secure the voice recorders down so they don't move. There really is no budget for the film I'm using all my money for mostly equipment and to pay the actors and people who help. Any ideas would be greatly appreciate.


Thanks
 
Either you could (as BRH suggests) get someone [experienced] to help you with the audio, or you could simply take your chances and pay a great deal more for ADR and foley. If neither of these options are possible, consider shooting the scene as a tighter shot.

Planting compact recorders on the actors is a good idea, but its extremely risky. If you try this as your primary dialogue coverage, make absolutely sure that after each take you plug in a pair of headphones and check the recording. Never take it on faith that the recording is clean and useable; too many things can get bumped, nudged, switched or otherwise go sideways when your not actively monitoring the audio during a take.

On a rather pedantic side-note, I'd like to draw a distinction between "no budget" and "low budget". "Low budget" means that a production is working with extremely limited financial resources, relying primarily on volunteers and goodwill to get the job done (which I assume was Ballin' Jack's intention). "No budget" means that noone bothered to write up a budget before going ahead with production.
 
BRH and SMuir thanks for your advice. "make absolutely sure that after each take you plug in a pair of headphones and check the recording." Yea man gonna have to, cause i know at least one of those takes will get screwy those voice recorders can be very sensitive. Im definitely trying to get someone experienced to help me with this contacting everyone in my circle, however if it doesn't work out as planned, i'm gonna have to film anyways cause of time constraints. I might do the voice recorders in the pockets and maybe set up some hidden mics on the path they walk on.

Thanks again
 
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