Handheld Filmmaking with Dual Cameras, Part One: Production Gear
Posted in Cameras, DIY, Dual-Camera Shooting, Field Audio, How To, Sony RX by Brandon Li On December 10, 2012
I’ve been doing a lot of “dual-cam” documentary shooting over the last several months. By dual-cam, I mean filming two angles at once by operating two handheld cameras. The main advantage of this is being able to record both characters in a
Can you ditch your wireless lavalier microphone for a clip-on mini voice recorder?
When you are shooting on the go and alone, the easiest way to get good audio of your talent is by having them wear a wireless lavalier (clip-on) microphone. The basic steps of this are simple: plug a lavalier mic into a mini
DIY “wireless” mic: lav mic + portable recorder + DIY belt clip holster
If you want quality lav mic audio, the cheapest, easiest, and most worry-free solution is to plug a decent quality lav microphone into a portable recorder and have your talent wear the recorder. You then sync it in post with Pluraleyes or FCP X’s