Q&A: Movie making equipment? Help needed :) +Audio Question?
Question by Ell: Movie making equipment? Help needed 🙂 +Audio Question?
I want to start movie making again. I made a LOT on my digital blue when I was younger, and I miss the whole experience of it. So now that I’m older, I want to find some good equipment.
And by equipment I mean a camera and way of recording audio. 😛
Video
*For cameras, what’s a good digital video camera that will give good quality results, but not SUPER expensive? (I cant afford anything like 3k, my range is a few hundred.)
*Is it better to record to a memory card, or to a tape, quality wise? (All digital cameras, mind you)
Audio
I have a question about audio; in movies, how do they get it to flow so well without making noise when you piece the clips together? Anyone who’s made a movie with just a digital snapshop camera will get this;
Is a boom mic the answer? How do they work anyway?
And if I should get one, how much do they run for? If not, what kind of mic should I get?
Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by DJ4MC
There are two ways to do it. Shotgun Boom Mic (decent one for $ 200) or a wireless lavaier (I use this one a lot) you will need to solder an adaptor from the XLR output to 1/8 inch stereo jack to plug into the “Mic input” jack on the camcorder. THen experiment with level setting to not distort or be too low on the input. I would get a DV tape came they are dirt cheap now and will record the audio in 16bit stereo. I use an older Canon DV cam and then work has a a GL2 nice 3CCD camera..
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