#documentary #filmmaking #audio

How can we get professional quality audio for our documentary films, even when working with small teams or even alone? Audio is the backbone of our documentaries, and in this video I go into some of the tools and strategies I use for different audio scenarios when I don’t have the budget for a sound recordist.

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*Lav Mics:*

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*Timecode:*

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
2:00 The Importance of a Shotgun Mic
4:34 Wireless Lav Mics for Single Characters
6:59 What to Do With Multiple Characters
8:54 Internally Recorders
12:28 Timecode System for Syncing Audio

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