From the course: Audio for Video: 3 Real World Solutions

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Recordng two actors or more

Recordng two actors or more

- In this movie, we'll examine your options when you've got more than one actor or person to record at the same time. Much depends, of course, on circumstance. How many actors are we talkin about, will they be moving around, even such things as, are they the same height and what will they be wearing will come into play. If you're dealing with multiple actors, you'd be best served to hire a professional to handle the sound. It's hard to deal with several microphones, a boom, a mixer, and all the sound particulars, if you're also directing or shooting, or taking care of a client. But, if you're going to handle this yourself, and I know that many of you will, you're probably gonna wanna use Lavalier microphones. Lavs, as they're called, are these tiny little mics that clip right on the actor's shirt, and so go wherever the actor goes. You can put one of these on each actor. They even come with wireless capability if you need it, which frees the actors and you from dealing with cables…

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