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tkdx2

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So I kinda started this whole wedding business...
I have a few questions...
Will a shotgun mic (rode ntg2)do the job for a wedding? I do not own any wireless lav mics...
Anybody here shoot exclusively 24pA on weddings? How do you like the workflow? Or is interlaced video better...for an event like this?

all I'm asking for now...
 
It depends on how well you want the job to be done. Wireless lav or some form of lapel audio recording device is a minimum unless you don't really care what it sounds like.
 
tkdx2 said:
So I kinda started this whole wedding business...
I have a few questions...
Will a shotgun mic (rode ntg2)do the job for a wedding? I do not own any wireless lav mics...
Anybody here shoot exclusively 24pA on weddings? How do you like the workflow? Or is interlaced video better...for an event like this?

all I'm asking for now...
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Shotgun mics are most effective within about 3' of the source. Unless you're going to stay within 3' of the bride/groom/priest, or you'll have a boom op with a really long fishpole (which would be impractical and much too intrusive), you'll need to invest in some gear.

A lav on the officiant (priest, pastor, justice of the peace) and one on the groom... should give you enough coverage to pick up the bride as well (omnidirectional lavs), since it's much more difficult to get a lav and wireless transmitter on the bride.

Another mic located near the camera (not on unless you have to move too much and too far) to pick up ambience and crowd reax.
 
You are not going to have a very receptive crowd with you or your boom op hanging about the couple getting married. At the very least, throw your NTG2 on a wireless trans & grab a reciever to go on the hotshoe & burry your mic somewher inconspicuous.

I filmed one wedding for my nephew as a gift last year & shot the ceremony 24p. I shot the reception & dance 60i (lighting reasons), & it all looked great.
I then swore I would never do another wedding again.



Steve
 
ryan brown said:
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Doesn't sound much like a business to me. If you're serious, you've got some homework to do.

To get decent sound, I'd say you'll be spending at least $200 for a lav. That would be an older used one from ebay. New, $500 or so per kit.

Here's a start for research:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=64115
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Well obviously I don't mean an actual wedding business...Just starting out filming these gigs. I'm not too serious into this thing but its just something that might help me out in the long run.
And I have checked out that thread you made, very helpful stuff.
 
Fair enough... let me rephrase:

I catch a lot of sh!t from my film buddies about weddings. These guys work anywhere from grips to audio to DP's on films, commercials, etc. Everyone in the "industry" looks down on videographers and what I do. So be it. I make the same amount of money, work a LOT less, no 18 hour days on a sh!tty day rate, and still am totally knowledgeable about the inner workings of a professional film set. More so than a lot of people on the set.

I also have way more free time and freedom to work on my personal projects, rather than getting up at 4am to meet a call-time just to bring the director coffee.

What I'm trying to say is, whatever you do, you SHOULD be serious about it. Only shooting one wedding? than make it the best wedding you've ever seen. It's definitely not going to "help you in the long run" if you're not taking it seriously. That goes for anything...

Sometimes we have to leave the ego at the door.

-brown

p.s. I'm not offended or anything, just giving advice. If you're gonna do... do it right.
 
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