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Filmmaking 101 - How to Record High Quality Audio on a Budget

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Uploaded by on Jun 15, 2011

Learn the equipment and skills you need to be a great sound technician/boom operator on your film set!
This is a perfect sound recording tutorial for an HDDSLR Filmmaker, who's just starting out. You've got your great HDDSLR camera and a nice lens, but you need audio to match!
Remember the old filmmaking adage: "Sound is more important than picture."

Links to the equipment I used:
Audio Recorder:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/600761-REG/Zoom_H4N_H4n_Handy_Mobile_4_...

Microphone:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/367747-REG/Rode_NTG_2_NTG_2_Battery_or_...

XLR Cable:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/574244-REG/Pearstone_C24136_10_3_Pin_XL...

Optional Items:
Clapboard:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/573959-REG/Pearstone_SADC_7562_SADC_756...

Boom Pole:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/757123-REG/Rode_MICRO_BOOMPOLE_Micro_Bo...

Thanks to DarthXboxian for the idea for this tutorial

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  • Nice, very detailed.

  • @scottstevensonfilms thank you

  • Why is it when i go into the rec menu on my zoom i only have auto rec and file name? I have no option to change recording format

  • @Tom87893010 Check the back of the device, make sure the "Stamina Mode" is turned off.

  • if i have the rode ntg2 and the zoom h4n, is that all i need so i can record already my short film or is there any cable or something else i need?

  • @kimwong24 You need an XLR cable. If you watch this entire tutorial, that question and many more you might have are all answered. :)

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  • Thanks dude, really helped me out a lot!

  • honestly one of the best tutorials Ive seen....My film Horror film Captain Bubblegum owes you one!!!!

  • Hi, nice video. Can you tell me, will small HD camcorders like Kodak ZE1 and Toshiba Camillo be ok for amature movie making? Or will i need a large lens etc?

  • Thank you. I would shake your hand if it was present.

  • thanks !

  • why you did not recorded directly via ZOOM build in microphone?

  • I like to call the windscreen the "foxtail" lmao

  • WOW !! this is the most detailed and well explained audio recording tutorial I ever seen.. XD

    thanks bro.

  • you're the man

  • Hey Steve great tutorial by the way. Im a videographer transitioning to filmmaking, and have a question. I know you can use the Zoom h4n to pick up audio with its internal mics. Whats the difference and how much of a difference is it, NOT using the mic you borrowed from your friend on any external mic?

    Thanks a lot. Keep making tutorials #goodstuff

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