Sound Test

To prepare myself for filming my production, I joined groups with the other group in my media class in order to practice using the sound equipment. This was useful as I have not used this equipment since filming a production almost a year ago.

When filming my actual production, it is vital that I am successful in capturing the sound effectively in high quality, as many of my scenes involve dialogue, therefore matching the audio with the picture successfully is essential. This practice allowed me to practice using the equipment, and allowed me to practice editing it together on final cut.

The practice allowed for me to practice with two different mikes - a directional mic and a stereo mic. The directional mic allowed for me to capture high quality sound without too much background noise in the first part of the video ^ which was done effectively seeing there were large amounts of ambient sound, however I preferred using the stereo mic as it captured sound at a broader range without having to get too close to the speaker, as I did with the directional mic as it appears in the video, and seeing as most of my shooting will be done out doors, I believe the stereo mic will be easier to use and more effective.