How shocking is this?

[naavt]

Today I've returned from a major production Doc where I was a second unit camera operator.

The Doc tells the story of one of the most successful Portuguese actors from all time http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207834/ and was shot on Sonys HDC 3300 and 1500, BIG crane with camera operator and many other stuff...

The thing is that today (last shooting day), I've seated along the sound director and sound boomer and start to talk about their stuff. Some minutes later in the conversation I've realized that they were recording all morning with a Sen 416, but where?...

...Well... In an old relic church with only a chair inside! I couldn't even understand the directors instructions if he was 3 meters away from me so was the reverberation on the place, and the guys bring a 416 along?????

 

[TVSound]

Probably not the mic I would go with, but reverb is reverb. Mics do not filter this out. If the shot was wide, then a shotgun might have been the appropriate choice. Ultimately, if the mixer felt is sounded as it looked, he made the correct choice(although close to mouth lav and would be a nice fallback)

 

[Cedric Akins]

I know thatI was not on the set and it wasn't my call but I believe a plant mic and a lavaliere mic would have been a better choice. But as TVSound said if the mixer felt it sounded apropriate for the shot then it was his descision. But I would have gone for something that would reject as much of the reverb and excessive background noise as possible, because once the track is recorded the reverb can not be taken out if it is not what the director wanted.

My 2 cents.

 

[dre83]

Personaly I would have maybe used a lavalier.

A lot depens also on the budget... I also tend to do "you have what you pay". If I only get payed for using one mice... I'm not going to buy 50 mices....