SOUNDTRACK - Criteria 4

In my short film I used 3 different locations but recorded all the sounds in one location. This location is the best to record because it is in a secluded area meaning that my sounds wouldn't get interrupted. All the noise in the environment would have been silenced so that there would be no interruptions during recording. The voiceover that had to be recorded went well as it was clear with a hint of hissing to it but it can't be heard in the final editing. 

For my short film I chose to use the boom microphone which goes on top of a 600D. I think I could have got a better microphone but the college couldn't facilitate the one I wanted to use. The one I wanted to use was a RODE Video Microphone Pro, this microphone picks up better dialogue, it is a more direct microphone and also it doesn't contain a static hiss. Unfortunately like I said I couldn't use that so the picture below is the camera and microphone I used. If I didn't use any microphones but just used the microphone which is installed in the camera you would here NOTHING it would either sound like it is muted or there would be static

This is what I wanted to use.

I positioned my microphone on top of the 600D like the picture above, this picked up dialogue fine and worked perfectly accept of the hissing of the microphone. I tried to hold the microphone and put it over the actors heads while they were performing to see if it would make the dialogue sound clearer and more professional but unfortunately the wire between the microphone and the camera wasn't long enough.

It is important to connect and check the microphone and make sure it is working properly, most camera's have a headphone input where you can plug in your headphones and listen to see if it is working, however on the 600D I was unable to use my headphone because the 600D does not have a headphone input so what I did instead was record for a short while speak into the camera from the distance of where the actors would be and see if it picks up well, however this depends on where your location is, in my case I was in a park so this is where I tested it and it turned out very well.

Clapperboards are used to get sounds in sync with the visual in the post-production stage. For example, during editing, when you hear the clapperboard clap that is an indication of where the sound should come in.

I chose onboard microphone.

Previously during my course I have used a variety of sound for example Live Diegetic Sound, we used this to film a 20minute TV News Show. The equipment we used were standing boom microphones we had a sound mixer table which allowed us to turn off, turn on, mute, turn up, turn down the microphones.