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robedge wrote:It’s a recommendation to someone who says that he wants to make a documentary featuring interviews.
I agree with Andrew Jones, Brand Manager, Diety Microphones, who says in the video four posts up that he recommends a hypercardiod or cardiod, not a shotgun, for indoor interviews. Curtis Judd, in the video linked in the second post, effectively says the same thing. So do working location sound recordists, which Andrew Jones has been (watch the video), who use hypercardiod/cardiod mikes for indoor interviews and dialogue as a matter of course.
This is sound recording 101 and reflects standard practice. Saying so does not make one an ass and does not suggest a claim to superior skill. It is just standard advice.
What’s remarkable is that there are people in this thread who refuse to acknowledge this, and that I’m now being subjected to a foul mouthed attack for saying things that are completely uncontroversial. Why are you so in love with your $330 shotgun microphone that you want to launch a personal attack on someone who questions whether it’s the best choice for the job?
Andrew Jones and Curtis Judd are great guys. I watch a lot of Curtis's videos. Yes, a hypercardiod or cardiod mic are great for indoor interviews, but you can setup a shotgun on a stand using a boom pole holder. I've done that, and it worked really well. It was especially good in my case because it was in a gym with lots of other surrounding ambient sound.
Anyway, I just want to end with why I responded the way I did. You were making light or degrading the video I shot.
robedge wrote:You are making YouTube vlogging videos. I don’t doubt that you can stand on top of the people that you are working with to get the mike close enough and, on top of that, tell them “Speak up!” Given that it’s YouTube, you can even get away with leaving “Speak up!” in the finished video.
If you were a fan of that channel, you'd know why I said "Speak Up" and left it in there, rather than reshoot the intro. So, yeah, I took that as an attack. I don't come here to tear people down. We're all here to help each other. If you wanted to disagree with my statements, you could have jumped in and just said that you'd recommend a hypercardiod or cardiod for indoor interviews because the polar pattern is best, etc. You didn't have to attack me.
I won't discuss this further and take away from the thread.