- Monitor your levels. First, use headphones, you won't know what your capturing if your not listening. If you camera has an audio signal bar that shows how loud the sound is make sure it's not too high or clipping will occur. If your camera doesn't have an audio bar then it's usually automatic.
- Use an external microphone
. You want to get as close as possible to the source of the sound without having the mic in the shot. If you don't have an external mic then just move your camera closer to the sound source.
- Turn off any air conditioning or background sounds if possible. As you listen to your headphones, your going to hear a lot of background noises that you didn't hear with your ears, microphones pick up everything. I may write another post on different types of microphones and there uses.
- If your shooting outside in the wind, use a wind screen. You can make your own by putting a piece of thick breathable material (such as a cotton sock) over the microphone. This stops the wind from hitting the microphone. Make sure whatever you use is secure and isn't sliding around on the microphone because this will create a horrible sound that you definitely don't want in your video.
- If your micing a speaker at a wedding or an event where you want to capture what is being said through other microphones that aren't ran into your camera, it is important that you don't place the mic right at the sub woofer. If you do, everyone will sand like the adults on the Muppet's. everything will sound muffled. What you want to do is place the mic in between the sub woofer and the tweeters which are usually at the top. As a rule of thumb, the bigger the speaker the deeper sounds you will get. And you want to capture the highs and the lows.
These are some pretty basic but key tips that should help you capture better audio for your videos.
- Chimera Productions
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