Sync Sound

From the sync sound lesson, I learnt that the boom pole should not be fully extended, this is because it can become harder to hold in place because of how long it is. I learnt that you should always try to keep it to the edge of the shot, which I found was quite difficult to do sometimes when there wasn’t a specific reference point that I could use for when I was using the boom.

One of the easiest ways to sync sound together is with the use of a clapper board. I learnt that it creates a spike in the sound, which in post-production, can be used as a reference point for the sound to be synced together. This will be ideal to take with us for our documentary because we plan to have quite a few vox pop interviews as well as 2 focus interviews. Having this will help us to sync our sound in post-production for the best possible outcome.

I also learnt that an easier way for sync sound is to use the camera line ins for recording with an external mic. However, the issue with doing this is that the audio is restricted to only 16 bits, which isn’t ideal for high standards. We won’t be using this technique for our documentary because we want the highest quality for our documentary.

For our documentary we are also planning on taking radio mics because they can give us clear interview audio which will have little background sound. It is also ideal for the longer interviews because a boom pole requires some endurance to keep it in the same place across that time.