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Before the shoot i wanted to make sure i knew how to use the equipment confidently and try and apply some of the techniques I have learnt from my research.

Firstly, I set up the sound devices mixer. This was very easy to operate. I then set up the boom mic and practiced boom techniques. I asked my housemate to talk and I boomed Him. I found with this that the traditional boom method, got very heavy quite quickly. I then used the tape technique developed from the Lav mic video. By sandwiching two triangles of tape on the capsule and sticking it in the middle of the chest, this severely decreased clothing noises. However i heard of a product call ‘invisilav’ which is essentially a bit of silicone that does helps remove some of the clothing noises by implanting the capsule in the middle of a silicone insert. These were easier to set up and looked more professional.

From this i also learn in which format the recorder delivers the audio files in. Each take has a different number e.g. t19-34. The recorder will automatically gives you a stereo mixdown of the recording and name this as two different files e.g: t19-34_1 and t19-34_2. Then it will give you the individual channels bounced to an audio file. e.g. boom mic t19-34_3.