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[Humanwire]

...or you could just hire a production sound mixer/boom op. They usually come with their own equipment, along with the in depth knowledge of what they are doing (usually).

That's just for production.

The other key ingredient to good production dialogue that everyone around here seems to forget, is hiring a good dialogue editor (or a sound editor/mixer to do all of the post sound on your entire film). A good dialogue editor will take all of the inconsistencies in sound and patch together the best performances (as well as do noise reduction if necessary), and make it all sound smooth and lovely.

 

[dory_breaux]

. I don't even record audio when I shoot with the adapter...not yet at least.

I always record audio, that way, if something cool gets layed down on the tape, I can use it later.

 

[PhilipD]

Check my few pics I've made *Without* an adapter...I'm very greatfull that the DVX already looks like film without the adapters because I can't afford them. http://www.theidentityfilm.com

 

[dougspice]

Adapters and cameras are an easy sell. All it takes is a handful of footage. "You mean I can shoot something that will look like THAT? Here's my credit card!"

That's not so easy to do with microphones. And even harder to do with storytelling. With Performance. With learning experience.

We live in a consumer-oriented society. People are trained to want the quick fix. Trade your dollars for the magic cure-all. Of course, it's not going to matter much if you can't ever come up with a story worth telling, or if you don't know how to organize a shoot, or if you don't have people you can rely on to help you get it done. But those aren't things you can spit out tech specs on, so who wants to write a blog post about THAT?