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What type of microphone should I use for run-and-gun shooting?

What type of microphone should I use for run-and-gun shooting?

From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Audio

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What type of microphone should I use for run-and-gun shooting?

Rich Harrington: Hi, my name's Rich Harrington. Robbie Carman: And I'm Robbie Carman. Rich: And welcome to this week's episode. We're going to be talking about audio, or more importantly, really go in deep on how to not screw things up. Robbie: Well, right, I mean when we are out there in the field, especially in a run-and-gun situation, audio can make or break your production. Now this is sort of germane to people like News Reporters and ENG Style things, but even if you're shooting sort of a documentary style project where you need to make sure that you get good audio, but you don't necessarily have the equipment, the budget, or the team to have a lot of your audio gear on set and all the people running it. So, this week we really want to focus on sort of a run-and-gun approach and how we use microphones and different pieces of gear in run- and-gun setups to get good audio. Rich: And one of the things I'd really like to say is this, realize that run-and-gun sound, one-person sound…

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