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What to record audio to when filming a movie?
Hi everyone and thanks in advance for any answers. Me and some friends are shooting a short film this summer and have taking our choices of equipment and planning quite seriously. We're using a Canon Hv30 to shoot the footage but my main concerns have been with sound.
We've got boom mic, pole etc but alot of what i've read is confusing me. With a HV camera should i record the sound what the boom mic picks up to the camera or to some sort of seperate recording machine.
Annoyingly i forgot to pick up a portable recording interface i saw going cheap at a car boot and am secretly hoping that recording dialogue straight to the camera (onto HD tapes) is an okay way to go. What do the professionals do or use?
Thanks!! Jak
"What do the professionals do or use?"
It depends.
Typically not the audio captured by the camera. In the case of some projects, they use film cameras (like those from Arri), and those have no way to capture audio, so it *must* be captured externally.
The last few indy sets I was on, the audio engineer captured the audio to a DigiDesign ProTools system. That is probably a bit over-kill for your needs - and if you plan correctly, capturing direct to the camcorder may work... but since the HV30 has only 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo audio in jack, and decent mics use XLR connectors, you will want an XLR adapter (like those from juicedLink or BeachTek). This will allow you to use balanced cables (with XLR connectors) and not worry about possibly picking up EMI or RFI (electromagnetic or radio frequency interference).
Another option is to use an external "field recorder" like those from Zoom, Edirol, Tascam, Sony, M-Audio... among many others.
The added advantage to using either the XLR adapter or the field recorder is that their manual audio control is easier to get to and use - the HV30's is in the menu, and adjustments mean touching the camera which could result in a shake you don't want.
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