1) listen to Jan - she's a pro
2) it's generally better to seperate the mic from the camera itself so you can get in real close. A boom person can make sure that the directional mic they are using is pointed in the right direction, and doesn't limit your camera to being super close to get good sound.
3) often we use lav mics, wireless ones, when we do interviews. especially if we don't have a dedicated sound recordist. these tend to be pretty expensive, though, for good ones - but since your stuff is only destined for the web, it doesn't need to be as high quality as it needs to be for broadcast
4) if you DO want to buy a beachtek, I've had one kicking around forever that I want to get rid of. If you end up buying a new camera that has XLR inputs, though, you won't need one. If not, let me know! I'll bring it to the next meetup :)
The other advantage of having a beach tek (or a camera with XLR inputs) is that you could have one mic that your interviewer holds, and then another one on your subject.
cheers!
b
On 1/17/06, Ms. Kitka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This weekend I posted my first footage from a correspondent attending
a convention and I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for good
quality microphones that would cut out as much background noise as
possible without muffling the interviewer/interviewee's voices.
This week's show containing convention interview footage can be found
here: http://libsyn.com/media/mskitka/Kitkast-01-12.mov
Kitka
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