Unit 38: Sound recording and design Blog

Soundtrack blog

For my vox pops I used a shot gun microphone as its fast to set up and I just need to point it towards my subject and I would get good and clean sound. When it came to set up the camera top microphone, during the interviews we used the lapel microphones which were good for getting just the sound of the interviewee. I am currently working on my voice over script and on how long my voice over would last.

While I was at the salon I used the camera top microphone to gather some background noise to put over some of my voice overs and also what the camera sees the microphone will record the sound, it’s also easy to set up and once it’s on and set to the right settings you can leave it to do its job. I also used the lapel microphone for the interviews because it’s the best way of doing gathering sound for them as there is no background noise. I fixed this problem by using the sound gain and exporting into audition as shown below.

The sound equipment that I used was a camera top microphone and a lapel microphone. The camera top microphone was used to gather sound the cut aways and also for one interview outside because it had to be done quickly because the guy had to leave but the sound was OK we just needed to turn it up a little bit.

I made sure that we got background sound was captured and I made sure that the sound was OK or the interviews with the staff and that it wasn't too loud or distorted.

When it came to set up the camera top microphone we had some issues with the settings to get the volume up to the right level. During the interviews we used the lapel microphones which were good for getting just the sound of the interviewee.

I have also spent today looking for a soundtrack I have a few pieces of music that I am considering using and they will be put on my work to see what is does to my film and to what it does to my audience

I have been through my factual piece of film and wrote down all of the musical pieces in my film and voiceovers using a sound spotting sheet. I have been through my entire spotting sheet and I've made note of all of the music and voice overs used in my film.