Well, in the case of the restaurant, is the visual clearly showing the setting. If so, I would say some subtle restaurant sound in the background will help sell the story of the location.
now ideally, you would want to capture the speaking talent in the quietest situation possible, and later (or earlier) record some b-roll audio of restaurant sound to lay into your timeline. That way you have ultimate control. If that is not possible, very likely, then just try to get as far away from the kitchen or the noisiest part of the location and get a uni directional mic as close as possible to the talent. A uni will reject a surprising amount of otherwise audible sound from anything not directly in the range of its response pattern - that is, directly in front of it. Good luck, sounds like a challenge. But leave yourself plenty of time to set up and test. I was recently rushed by a busy CEO who had little time to spare and I ended up getting very poor audio as i had no time to get properly set up. Very disappointing, as i know with an extra few minutes I could have listened to the recording and fine tuned the room. Adam Mercado Influxx Media Production --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "loretabirkus" <loretabir...@...> wrote: > > Hi..I know..I was asking tons of questions about sound/hum noise, etc. At > least I figured out that it's not my camera that makes that hum/static noise, > and it all depends on the environment I'm filming. > > My questions would be: > > 1. Besides recording 10-15 sec of the natural ambient sound and trying to > clean it during editing, is there any way to record it with minimum of it > during filming? Do you have any secrets? Do you prepare the room somehow so > that the voice could bounce back softly? None of my shot guns have been able > to perform to the highest noise elimination level. > > I try to place a mic as close to the speaker as possible (usually on a > separate tripod, don't have a boom pole yet) and adjust the volume level so > that it doesn't pass further than -6-8 db. But I still get that quiet natural > background noise. > What do you do in this case? Do you just leave it or do you clean it? > > 2. Which type of lavaliere mic would you recommend: wireless or cabled one? > What brand? Which ones are best in terms of noise cancellation? I'm kinda > glad I didn't buy anything, now that they're changing the rules for the 700 > mHz frequency type mics. > > Thanks. > > Loreta > > p.s. if you have any good forums that I could check out as well, please let > me know. I'm unlucky finding the ones that would answer my questions. >
