Me and my friend are planning our next project. Problably be shot in HD with the HVX200 and we want to be only two, to shoot, interview and edit everything. Everything will be about extreme sports and we have a lot of experience in this domain but my only doubt is the sound. If we buy a good mic, will we be able to record good audio fort a TV series? I heard a lot of comments that said you really need a good audio superviser for good audio but can we do it?
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ozduc
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ronik15 said:
If you buy a good skateboard would you be able to perform extreme stunts with it if you have no experience riding a skateboard?
While the tools certainly help in achieving professional results required by most broadcasters, not having the expertise to use them will certainly diminish your chances.
jerry briggs
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don't skimp on sound. people forgive bad pictures, but they never forgive bad sound.ronik15 said:
SMuir
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It all depends on how "good" is "good enough."
You're film may have the greatest sports videography in the world, but if it sounds like it was shot with a camcorder, you're in trouble.
If you have never recorded sound for video, at the very least contact a sound proffessional and pick their brains.
You can shoot without a sound supervisor, or even a production sound recordist, but someone still has to look after those responsibilities. Good sound doesn't record itself, and on-camera mics should at the very most be an emergency fallback option.
In the absence of well recorded production sound, sports videos require heaps of sound editing to try to match the sound track with the energy level of the picture.
You're film may have the greatest sports videography in the world, but if it sounds like it was shot with a camcorder, you're in trouble.
If you have never recorded sound for video, at the very least contact a sound proffessional and pick their brains.
You can shoot without a sound supervisor, or even a production sound recordist, but someone still has to look after those responsibilities. Good sound doesn't record itself, and on-camera mics should at the very most be an emergency fallback option.
In the absence of well recorded production sound, sports videos require heaps of sound editing to try to match the sound track with the energy level of the picture.
saneproductions
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You should really hire a sound person
Well I'll cover 13 different extreme sports and each episod will last 30 minutes. I will interview about one athlete or two and try to find one more person in that industry in each episods and me and my friend will also pratice their sports with them... so the sounds will be used for 2 or 3 little interviews in every sports for everything else like shooting the action, we will be adding a soundtrack most of the time ...
wabbit
Evil has Ears
You might be able to pull that off yourself, you might not. Hire a pro for the first couple of shoots and see how much you can do on your own. If the only location sound you plan to use is the interviews than it might be pretty easy. If you want audio while you are practicing with them, then you will need some extra help (with one of you in front of the camera, no one left to run sound).
If you or your partner decide to try and do the audio yourselves, read up and practice on your own. Don't try and multi-task by having the person responsible for audio also direct, produce, PA, etc.
Good luck
If you or your partner decide to try and do the audio yourselves, read up and practice on your own. Don't try and multi-task by having the person responsible for audio also direct, produce, PA, etc.
Good luck