Interview Workshop.
Today we shot a short interview in the studio to practice how to record an interview for our documentary.
In a group of 3, myself, Ebony and Esme each interviewed each other to practice how we were going to use the microphones effectively, in order to get appropriate sound for either a formal interview or vox pops in louder settings. For our interview, we used a shotgun mic attached to the top of the camera and a clip mic on the subject of the interview. This worked well as it meant that in post, I was able to link the sound from the Tascam that was attached to the clip mic with the sound recorded onto the camera through the shotgun. This meant that we had the option of atmospheric sound, but I decided just to use the clip mic, and then shoot the questions with a reverse shot separately. It did work well but was a little time-consuming, so I'm considering that a two shot may be best for our style of documentary, with a shotgun mic being held by the presenter who is wearing a clip mic themselves. Ideally I would like to use 2 clip mics but I'm not sure if that's possible yet. One problem with a clip mic is clothing movement, as if it's attached to clothing that is moving a lot, you will hear this through the mic.
For this you can use a wireless clip mic, which stops the mic moving because it's attached to wire. This is best for indoor use, so that the atmosphere is quiet.
If using a shotgun mic, it's a good idea to attach it to a stand as this way it's less intimidating, as a sound person holding a boom can look intimidating to people taking part in interviews.
I think the set up we did would be great for a formal interview, however I think we want to focus more on actuality interviews, so it would be better to use 2 clip mics ideally.
In a group of 3, myself, Ebony and Esme each interviewed each other to practice how we were going to use the microphones effectively, in order to get appropriate sound for either a formal interview or vox pops in louder settings. For our interview, we used a shotgun mic attached to the top of the camera and a clip mic on the subject of the interview. This worked well as it meant that in post, I was able to link the sound from the Tascam that was attached to the clip mic with the sound recorded onto the camera through the shotgun. This meant that we had the option of atmospheric sound, but I decided just to use the clip mic, and then shoot the questions with a reverse shot separately. It did work well but was a little time-consuming, so I'm considering that a two shot may be best for our style of documentary, with a shotgun mic being held by the presenter who is wearing a clip mic themselves. Ideally I would like to use 2 clip mics but I'm not sure if that's possible yet. One problem with a clip mic is clothing movement, as if it's attached to clothing that is moving a lot, you will hear this through the mic.
For this you can use a wireless clip mic, which stops the mic moving because it's attached to wire. This is best for indoor use, so that the atmosphere is quiet.
If using a shotgun mic, it's a good idea to attach it to a stand as this way it's less intimidating, as a sound person holding a boom can look intimidating to people taking part in interviews.
I think the set up we did would be great for a formal interview, however I think we want to focus more on actuality interviews, so it would be better to use 2 clip mics ideally.
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