? about aspect ratio and audio

Hi,

I have an idea for a short that would benefit from using the confines of the 4:3 format. Is that something I would specify in Resolve or in camera? I looked around the menu on the camera but didn't see that as a choice. How would I go about having frame lines on the monitor so I know where the edges are?

In this short I want to record a phone conversation but only one side will be seen, the person on the other end will not be seen, only heard. How should I go about this? Set a mic close to the ear piece, turn it on speaker?

When I was a kid we had a small reel to reel with the necessary tools to attach a handset to record a phone call. So simple...

Hope this makes sense, thanks.

There are 4x3 aspect ratio guides in the monitor settings of the camera. Then you can either set your Resolve timeline aspect ratio to reflect 4x3 or you could use output banking set to 4x3 on a 16x9 timeline.

4x3 is ironically making a comeback. I've been debating doing a little something in the aspect ratio as well.

As for the phone conversation, record good clean audio of both ends of the conversation and then in post audio use the tools in the Fairlight page to give the speaker coming through the phone the "effect" of coming from the phone speaker. This can be done using the Equalizer, but there may be other methods.

Quick google search got me this tutorial video:

My recent film had a flashback that, to give it the periodic look as it was in the 70s, was shot using the UMP G2 in 4:3 and incorporated in the timeline as such. Everything that Tim said above about frame guides is how you would use to frame it in camera and then set the timeline at post.

For audio, the same as Tim suggested. We record the unseen conversation and in post, use a phone effect filter to process the receiver audio, and place it on the audio timeline where it needs to be played.

Thanks for the responses. I was wondering in this modern era if the phone effect could be done in Fairlight. Good to know.
The 4:3 is good for a feeling of confinement.
Thanks,
Chris