for my next little short there is no dialogue, filming it in the garden, there is a couple of sounds such as a door closing and the opening of a wooden box. what is the best way to capture the sound? i only have a shotgun mic.
so for instance, the camera is 15 feet away from the subject and she is walking towards the box, where am i pointing the mic?? towards her feet as she moves closer? there will be a music track that will be more of the focus on the sound front in the film, but i'd like to have some 'set' sound also.
sound is by far my weakest point and i dont have a proper audio mixing program, i'm thinking to download 'audacity' as i have no money to spend on anything just now...
so for instance, the camera is 15 feet away from the subject and she is walking towards the box, where am i pointing the mic?? towards her feet as she moves closer? there will be a music track that will be more of the focus on the sound front in the film, but i'd like to have some 'set' sound also.
sound is by far my weakest point and i dont have a proper audio mixing program, i'm thinking to download 'audacity' as i have no money to spend on anything just now...