Sound

The sound can be recorded using the DVX100's but to improve the quality we will be using a gun-mic; this is a directional microphone with a cardioid pickup pattern (picks up noise from only one direction). As we are recording the audio through a microphone we will be able to focus it more on dialogue rather than other noises that may be heard such as traffic in the pub car park scene.

The microphone we are using is a Sennheiser 6


This is the microphone, the furry object on the right prevents outside noise such as wind from entering the microphone. It doesn't stop all wind and so care and precautions must be made when recording








Here we are testing the microphone out by recording dialogue through the camera. The microphone is powered by phantom power. Phil (holding camera) is monitoring the levels on the camera display to make sure that the audio does not clip. When the audio clips it becomes distorted and useless so it must be monitored carefully. The microphone is pointed directly at the sound source so that it will record only that sound but is held further away from the actor to prevent clipping.

Here are examples of the audio that we have collected from the tests:

This audio is very clear as the microphone was placed very close to the actor to pick up the best sound. The audio does not clip and it is at a good level to be mixed.




This second recording is much quieter than the first, this is because the microphone is much further away from the actor when he speaks. However if this audio was amplified to boost the signal in the final mix it would also amplify background noise and possibly create a hiss.