Sound workshop

In our Sound Workshop we was given at a task to go and film and edit a small interview to show what you know about sound as well as trying out different ways of getting sound clear and crisp without being in shot.

I teamed up with Aimee, Sophie and Roxanne.

Roxanne was the interviewer, Aimee was the interviewee, Sophie was the boom operator and I was the cameraman.

We decided that we could do a scene where the interviewee was making a cup of coffee, while being interviewed. We decided for sound that we would put a clip mic on the side under a tea towel where the kettle and drink making was, so that we could hear Aimee clearly. We did this because Aimee would be moving around you so if Aimee moved around you would then be able to hear the ruffle of her hair as well as her clothing. To make sure we could hear Roxanne's questions we decided to use a boom pole under where she was standing, out of the shot.

Here is a video of the task we did in the Sound Workshop.

Overall we got clear sound from the clip mic, as it was quite close to Aimee. However the boom sound didn't turn out as good because it was quite far away from Roxanne. Also we only focused on the sound of the interview and not on the shot. The shot was not framed nicely as there was empty space around Roxanne and Aimee, and the lighting was very poor.

Next time I would use the clip mic method again, as it was quite handy to put it on the side somewhere, especially if the person your interviewing is moving around on one side quite a lot as well as speaking. Also I would make sure the shot is nicely framed and lighted instead on just focusing on one thing.