Video Production: Location Audio Recording

An audio "cookbook" with step-by-step "recipes" for capturing great sounding audio in situations like conference panels, stage shows, and narrative dialogue scenes.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Audio Gear

• Hooking up a field mixer
• Sending tone and testing levels
• Tracing the signal from talent to recorder

2. Recording Speakers

• Equipment package for a speaker or panel
• Setting up to record a speaker or panel
• Capturing audio from a video presentation
• Recording a speaker

3. Recording a Stage Show

• Equipment package for a musical performance
• Setting up to record a musical performance
• Recording a musical performance

4. Recording a Narrative Scene

• Equipment package for a narrative scene
• Hiding mics on talent
• Hiding mics on set
• Recording a narrative scene

5. Tips and Tricks

• Finding shorts in your cables
• Recording in locations with echo
• Dealing with background noise
• Getting audio in extreme wide shots
• Dealing with wind noise

Conclusion

• Next steps