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Digital SLR Video and Filmmaking For Dummies
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Digital SLR Video and Filmmaking For Dummies

by John Carucci
February 2013
Beginner to intermediate
416 pages
9h 49m
English
For Dummies
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10

Making the Most of Audio Capture

In This Chapter

arrow Surviving the built-in microphone

arrow Using microphones effectively

arrow Getting effective audio from a variety of subjects

arrow Adding sound effects

The so-called symbiotic relationship between audio and video quality remains nothing more than a concept unless you take the proper steps with each and — for this chapter’s purpose — those steps focus on capturing audio. Of course, that covers a pretty wide swath.

Sometimes it’s as simple as being cognizant of ambient noise on the scene, or perhaps, using a specific microphone technique. Other times, it’s about plugging a cable between the camera and a soundboard at an event to reproduce the most clear audio signal in your movie. Whatever reason, a perfect sound recording puts the cherry on the cake.

To satisfy your craving, in this chapter I examine the concept of location recording (when you shoot your movie at a place that is not a soundstage or studio).

Recording Sound on the Scene

It seems ...

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