Hello,
I have been asked to shoot a segment of an upcoming quarterly unit meeting at my day job. These meetings are normally held in the company Cafeteria which is considerably large, spacious and has a very high ceiling (I'd say at least a story high). I intend to use a static camera, on a tripod, as my primary camera that will simply shoot the presenter head on. I am considering walking around with a palmcorder (as a secondary camera) for audience POV, reaction shots, etc (though I am not sure if this bunch is worth that effort but I'll come to a conclusion on that soon enough).
So long story short -- can I use my shotgun mic on my primary, static camera? Or, as this is an indoor shoot (granted in a very large space), should I use another type of mic? To be honest I don't know yet how far I will be from the presenter and I am working alone so I don't have a boom operator. As such I plan on mounting whichever mic on the primary camera. To add another wrinkle in this set-up issue, the presenter will be speaking into a mic that will most likely feed one or two speakers that may be facing my camera. In that case should I use a sound recording device of some sort (placed at the podium) as my sound source? If so can you name any affordable solutions?
Apologies for the barrage of questions, but sound is not my strength and I am learning to get to some decent level of proficiency, I'm just not there yet. Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
Kosh
I have been asked to shoot a segment of an upcoming quarterly unit meeting at my day job. These meetings are normally held in the company Cafeteria which is considerably large, spacious and has a very high ceiling (I'd say at least a story high). I intend to use a static camera, on a tripod, as my primary camera that will simply shoot the presenter head on. I am considering walking around with a palmcorder (as a secondary camera) for audience POV, reaction shots, etc (though I am not sure if this bunch is worth that effort but I'll come to a conclusion on that soon enough).
So long story short -- can I use my shotgun mic on my primary, static camera? Or, as this is an indoor shoot (granted in a very large space), should I use another type of mic? To be honest I don't know yet how far I will be from the presenter and I am working alone so I don't have a boom operator. As such I plan on mounting whichever mic on the primary camera. To add another wrinkle in this set-up issue, the presenter will be speaking into a mic that will most likely feed one or two speakers that may be facing my camera. In that case should I use a sound recording device of some sort (placed at the podium) as my sound source? If so can you name any affordable solutions?
Apologies for the barrage of questions, but sound is not my strength and I am learning to get to some decent level of proficiency, I'm just not there yet. Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.
Kosh
