How should I mic my interrotron set up?

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oxband

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I'm buying two teleprompters and making an Interrotron. http://www.whiterabbitdesigncompany.com/Miscellaneous/images/interrotron web page.jpg I'll be in the same room as the person I am filming but we wont be facing each other. In my setup, we're divided by a black fabric screen. I am going to be filming myself with a camcorder, likely a Canon Vixia. This will be the feed for the teleprompter facing the talent. I want to also mic my voice into the room. I could hook myself up to a lav and hood the lav to a speaker. Does that make sense? What type of speaker might I want? I feel like there are probably some angles here I'm missing. I'm not planning on piping his audio into me. I dont worry about being able to keep my attention and concentration. Although, if someone here feels differently, let me know why. thanks as always!
 
Please tell us if you are recording your audio and/or their audio. And whether the recording is for production or "scratch" (reference)? And whether isolation is necessary (to get a clean recording without the sound from the "other side")? It is hard to make any recommendations without knowing all the constraints. It might be that NO speaker is desirable, you should use an earpiece to deliver audio, especially if you need a clean recording of the talent's speech (or whatever you are doing?)
 
Yeah, looking over my question there is a lot left unsaid......

So, the only audio I want recorded is the subject. That will be for production. I will be doing that with the camera shooting him: my HMC-150. I have two XLR's so I use one shotgun and one lavalier. I need to attach my sound to a speaker so the subject hears it well. We're not going to be sitting across from each other cause we're going to be making eye contact through the two teleprompters that will be set up.

I want the subject to feel totally at ease with the image on the teleprompter they'll be taking to, so I plan on partitioning the room with a curtain. But that isn't for audio reasons. It's just so the subject is alone with the teleprompter.

Does that make sense? Thanks in advance!
 
Why do you need to feed the other person your audio? In your first message you said both of you would be in the same room, just not facing each other. And I guess I don't get the premise of this exercise. Isn't this just an elaborate video conferencing system?

oxband said:
Yeah, looking over my question there is a lot left unsaid......

So, the only audio I want recorded is the subject. That will be for production. I will be doing that with the camera shooting him: my HMC-150. I have two XLR's so I use one shotgun and one lavalier. I need to attach my sound to a speaker so the subject hears it well. We're not going to be sitting across from each other cause we're going to be making eye contact through the two teleprompters that will be set up.

I want the subject to feel totally at ease with the image on the teleprompter they'll be taking to, so I plan on partitioning the room with a curtain. But that isn't for audio reasons. It's just so the subject is alone with the teleprompter.

Does that make sense? Thanks in advance!
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Your audio over the speaker is adding a fair amount of complication to the set up. Ideally you would position yourself rear of the main camera so your voice is coming from a logical spot.

This method is about having an intimate conversation with someone so they relax and concentrate on the conversation rather than the distractions of lights crew etc. I've done this lots of times and there is certainly no need for a speaker unless there is a compelling reason as someone in a remote location or space issues.

You do need to worry about attention and concentration! The subject needs an engaging partner in the conversation.

I would avoid a speaker, it just adds an additional distraction.
 
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