CLC Sound Workshop

For a trip on Wednesday, we went to the City Learn Centre in Clapham where we focused on sound in movie making. This included looking at different types of microphones (which each have different functions and work differently

 Some of the equipments which we had the chance to experiment with included:

BOOM MIC

A boom microphone is a directional microphone mounted or attached to a pole or arm. It is mainly used in film and television, a boom microphone frees the hands of actors or reporters while allowing them to enjoy the amplified audio of a traditional microphone.

using this specific instrument, we as a group acknowledged the fact that Boom mics were best used when there was a group of people talking - the sound quality was clear on the head phones and it also reduces the stress of having wires all over you.

Merantz

Another equipment which we used at the CLC was the Merantz. This was another piece of equipment which we found would be very useful for our own personal films -  it enables you to connect a microphone to one of the ports as well as inserting your headphones so you are able to record and hear sound clearly.

After carefully going through a variety of various sound equipment at the CLC - we as a group established that these two were the ones we found most appropriate for our film. We believe a Boom Mic would be suitable for our film as their are many actor and most of the shots are group shots therefore should be able to record the discussion much clearer.