How silent is silent

marko5000

marko5000

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Just thinking out loud but with no tape and without touching the lens during a shot couldn't you get a good result from an on camera Mic. I don't know anyone interested enough to do a half decent job with a boom, not a big indie comunity where I live (South East UK). And for certain shoots where I can get close to the subject this sounds interesting.

Another benefit of P2 or just dumb thinking by me?

Never used a decent Mic so don't know what they are capable off. My dream is to shoot shorts with me, my assistant (my girlfriend) and cast. Am I crazy?
 
The problem with an on-camera mic is not camera noise, it's where the mic is located -- on the camera. You get exponentially better performance the closer you move the mic to the source of the audio. No on-camera mic is going to perform anywhere near as well as that same mic moved up to the source of the audio.
 
Camera noise is always a problem for me but then I've always used built in mics (I'm very poor).

Sounds is definitely my area of greatest weakness. At least I know enough to know I don't know anything. Right?
 
If your going to drop the kind of coin this camera costs then $500 more on a good Shotgun mic seems like a no brainer. I use the Audio Technica AT4073a and love it's warmth. The Senheiser K6/2 is also a great mic for around $350.
 
Buying a mic isn't my problem it's convincing someone to hold it. I don't live in the US and I don't live in London, finding someone interested enough in film sound is not easy.
 
Tiny Mike

Tiny Mike

Marko,
have a closer look at the Tiny Mike by Ambient. Not tooo expensive but very well suited if you are all on your own.

The link: www.ambient.de .
 
There are ways around having a crew, you just have to work your writing around them. I've used a boom microphone stand above myself for static shots and I'm six feet. How about some kind of clamp to attach an overhead mic for a conversation w/ you & girlfriend sitting at a table? You just have to take these things into consideration when you're writing your material.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.
 
Consider a Countryman EMW lavaliere. With an XLR cable you should be running under $200 for the set. It provides fantastic audio quality, and for those one-person interviews you can just clip it on 'em. For dramatic scenes you can try to use it as a "planted" mic in the scene -- it's tiny and black, can be hidden almost anywhere. It's omnidirectional, so it could theoretically be used for two people at once, provided it was placed equidistant from them (although not used as efficiently as a proper boom handled by a proper operator!)

I've done some one-man-band stuff with a Tram TR50 and come away pretty darn impressed with the audio quality, so maybe that would work for you as well. And the Countryman delivers almost identical sound quality for maybe $100 less.
 
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