Filming Tips

Hello everyone, hope you had a great weekend? I sure did. I was at the great 30th anniversary of the mount zion faith ministries international. It was a great event indeed. I really appreciate God in mount zion faith ministries international which has produced lots of Children all over the world and I am also inclusive.

Sound Production: I don't want to bore you with stories of how important it is to have great sound in your movies, documentaries, weddings, shows and so on. I share my experience a lot and my mistakes, but some other times I go to expert on the field of the discussion to teach me first before I do the post because there is no Mr. Know it all.

Now let us analyse sound tools for quality sound production. There are different microphone for different purposes. We have lavelier microphone, dynamic microphone, omni directional microphone, unidirectional condenser microphone. All these microphones are relevant to our jobs. All microphones convert sound energy to electrical energy but the way each of them does it is different and that determines the quality of the sound energy they generate.

FREQUENCY RESPONSE

You might expect the perfect microphone to have a perfectly flat response right across the audio spectrum, but there are various practical reasons why this isn't so. Virtually all mics have a deliberate low-frequency (or LF) 'roll-off' -- in other words, they are less sensitive to frequencies below about 50Hz. Without this roll-off, low-frequency vibrations, knocks, breath pops and other such problems would produce very large, low-frequency output signals, which would not only compromise the sound quality, but might even damage loudspeaker systems.

I have used all these microphones before in one project or the other. The other very important instrument for sound production are the juiced link, small recorders, recorder/mixer, general sound mixer and field mixer. The quality of the audio you want will determine what you will look for in your instrument. The type of project you intend tk work on is also a major determinant of what to get. For music you may go for dynamic microphone which will need to be connected to an amplifier before it can produce useful sound, you can use lavelier microphone for interviews or news and so on while condenser mic is useful for movies and so on. There are lots to talk about in sound production, you know their is a difference between sound production and sound post production. We will get into details next week Monday.

Thanks for your time. Remember, you can share and repost. Till next week Monday when I shall be coming your way again, keep your God given Dreams alive and remain blessed.