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Getting good sound bites

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Getting good sound bites

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The best stories involve people. Your viewers want to hear what those people have to say. So as you plan and shoot your stories, your character's comments take precedence. Now, you probably have a pretty good idea what those characters are going to say, but it's those unscripted moments that can make or break a piece. So I suggest you use wireless lavalier mics on your main character so that no matter where you point your camera, you can always record their comments, and as you conduct your interviews, I suggest you don't ask a lot of questions. Instead, make comments, observation. Have a conversation; you get better sound bites that way. As I shot video for this course, I listen for good sound bites. Here are a few. (Male speaker 1: This is just a simple 70%.) This is the opening shot for the story on the chocolatier and his comments about his job basically. (Male speaker 1: When we scoop them out, they look like this. Then we have to roll them in between our hands to (make a nice…

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