On 3/7/06, Arnold Krille <arnold.krille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2006/3/7, R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx>: > > --- Arnold Krille <arnold.krille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2006/3/7, R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx>: > > That isn't necesarry, it's time consuming and time is > > money. What I described with the television truck is > > productions that have a requirement for good > > production quality. We produce final product in the > I just figured a single person cluttering around at the interviewees > house struggling with wireless-set, compressor, mixer and recorder > (which might be laptop + external interface) which all need power and > a lot of cords to connect them and something doesn't work as it should > and the interviewee has only limited time for you and you waste it by > adjusting levels on three-to-four different devices... in my experience (pub. tv, radio) you either a.) have a crew of at least two, preferably three, and produce final product live to storage media in-field, or b.) you have one to two guys in field and you put it together in an editor back home. i prefer the latter, but most of my colleagues prefer the former, for the reasons ron stated. i think i just get better work done left alone in a dark, windowless room. a second person in the field is always welcome and never affordable. if putting it together in an editor later, i'd prefer people on separate channels, to cover my butt relative dynamics wise. that said, i usually (in tv interviews) put the lavalier mics through a mixer into one channel of the recorder (a camcorder, in this case), and the camera's mic (an omni) into the other channel, as a lousy quality backup, in case either lav or the mixer craps out. our equipment's old. this would be a two-person crew - one person interviewing while the other runs camera and the mixer. of course, if anybody sways around too much in their chair, it gets difficult to keep them in frame. more people in the field is always better - the chance of scaring your subject with a big crew is far less important than having lots of people to remember to bring batteries. -- dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx daneasley@xxxxxxxxx http://towndowner.com http://burntpossum.com
