Zevos Film Jammers. Getting good audio is so important when you're making a movie or a video
And today we're gonna show you how to get good clean audio without breaking the bank
Microphones!
So as an indie filmmaker you might be asking you know
What's the first mic I should buy, what mic do I need to get good sound for my movie
So we've got a few different options here in the lower end of the spectrum
I mean, there's mics that cost thousands of dollars. All the mics we have here under $400
First I'm gonna show you the Sennheiser. This is an MKE 600. This is a great mic. It's good for dialogue
You can use it outdoors. It's got a small wind screen
You can also get a larger windscreen to put on this mic as well. It's a good starter mic
It runs about $300 on Amazon. It's one of the first mics that I picked up. I really like it
It's a good all-around all-purpose mic. Sennheiser makes really good stuff
Now the second mic I'm going to show you is the rode NTG4
This is a really cool mic because it has an internal battery that lasts 24 hours so you can use this mic without phantom power
Which is really important if you're a DSLR filmmaker, and you don't have that phantom power in your camera
So it's a pretty cool feature. It also has some really cool options to cut frequencies out
So if you're outside you want to get rid of like a low hum, those buttons are right on the mic
Rode has had some previous boom mics the NTG2, the NTG3 also a really good mic
But this is a newer one. It's sort of aimed at the indie filmmaker and it runs about $400.
Now let's talk Turkey filmmakers. This is a Movo. It's under $40
Ok, so it's not necessarily in the same league as these larger boom mics
But it's gonna give you better audio than what you have internally in your camera. So we're gonna take this Movo out today
We're gonna compare it to a boom mic
We're gonna compare it internally to see what you get and to see how much better
Your audio can be just with the $40 investment. This is the Movo VXR10. Let's see what's in the box
So one really cool thing right off the bat is you've got a nice little windscreen some people call it a dead cat
Rawr
And that's gonna really prevent a lot of the noise in the wind from getting into your sound
So with the Movo you have the option to go right into your phone or tablet and
Record audio or you can go into your DSLR camera or your video camera with this cable
So you get two options they include them both in the box and you also get a small little shock mount included too
So you get a nice little package. It's a good investment
If you're just trying to make a first kind of foray into getting better audio with your videos, you also get a little case
So that's also nice
Pleather beautiful. Can put your jewelry in there
Or your, pantalones if you got some. We're gonna attach the mic here to our little EOS R
This is a gentleman's camera right here
This is what we like to take out on the streets with our top hats on we say "would ya look at that fellow
He's got an EOS our oh, yes, look at him he's such a fine fellow"
That's what we're gonna put the mic onto. Right on there
From the top fits in the hot shoe boom and then on the side here
You've got a little mic attachment port. Inserted. Wow. It's already better I can tell
Can't really tell that's crazy. We're gonna pop on some headphones, we're gonna go do some tests
So we'll see how this little Movo compares to some of the other mics that are available. What's that?
You want to go outside? Let's go. All right. We're at three feet here. We're on the internal mic on the EOS R
Let's do a little sound test. Tell me a story
This is a story about how the dead cat was created
You see as what you're hearing right now, which is probably just pure vomit
Someone said hey we need to create something that can just pick up decent audio. Okay, let's go to six feet. Really great story
The guy says I need to create something that just removes all wind so he says, you know, what's fluffy
Fluffiness kinda just -- 10 feet Alan. 10 feet. Internal camera mic. Boom
The guy says i'ma just grab my tractor grab my daughter's cat. What happens happens
Runs it over. Moral of the story is they created a device that can pick up audio which is
Don't listen to him, don't listen to him people. We got this beautiful EOS R camera, and we've got the little mic on there
Alan, tell me a bedtime story. I'm gonna tell you a bedtime story
The one that my mother used to tell me. Two little monkeys were on a tree
So basically one monkey goes on the tree and the other was like.
Alright alright alright. So now we're about six feet away. Keep telling me that story. The one monkey's already sleeping, right?
So the second one climbs up it says hey man, I'm also trying to sleep
But I'm not gonna let you sleep on my spot. It's a great story. Okay, now let's go to ten feet 10 feet away, buddy
He's going ten feet
Two hours pass his brother's falling asleep
so this other monkey he starts climbing up all silent like right and he says
This is the time to die, my brother. He pushes the other monkey, the other monkey falls, Blap! Alright, great stuff great stuff
We're gonna try one of the larger boom mics that we have
We're gonna try out the Sennheiser MKE 600 on the EOS R. Three little pigs are being hunted by this wolf
This is all original story
Trust me. Three little pigs are being hunted by a wolf and they see him coming one little pig is -- Alright that's enough
All right, six feet here I go. Little tip never trust an intern. Here we go
We're at six feet and keep telling that story buddy. The three little filmmakers were like, wait a minute
We can't trust this intern. So I'm just gonna hide somewhere made out of straw. The other ones
are like, ehh I'm not gonna do that. So the first filmmaker makes that house out of straw and -- Alright enough. Ten feet
God I got to get better writers for the show. So the intern comes in into the filmmakers
Hay house, and he says hey man, I just I just want to work. Let me work
Alright, so the filmmaker is like oh you need a little bit more experience and in comes the intern and just screws everything up!
Story my life
The guy says I need to create something that just removes all wind. The one monkey is already sleeping, right?
So the second one climbs up it says hey man. The other ones like I'm not gonna do that
So the first filmmaker makes that house out of straw Wow, sounds pretty good
So we're in a little bit more of a controlled environment now, we're gonna try out the mics again inside
we're just gonna do them all at about six feet and see how they all sound internal camera mic only and
Alan continue your story. So as you can hear me right now, which probably isn't good is the internal mic on the camera
That's what you never really want to use it, besides maybe some reference audio, but besides that, ehh
We're getting the Movo strapped on boom boom. I like how compact it is
you can really just kind of pack this microphone right in your bag, maybe even put in in your back pocket
Remember guys the moral of this entire episode. Is that just about any
Microphone that isn't from the camera is way better than the camera audio
So do yourself a favor -- and that's great. That's great. That's great. Let's stop him right there
Okay, so here we're about six feet away from Alan. Tell me a story Alan. We're here in the studio right now
Just checking a good decent sound check with a proper shotgun mic. Everything should be sounding pretty good right now,
And I'm behind this - I'm in front of this huge beautiful what wall
So overall the Movo is a great first step into getting better sound for your video productions. It's not gonna compare to these bigger
boom mics when you're further away from your subject just because it's not as
Directional but it is gonna get you clean audio compared to the internal
So for a small investment
You can get a nice little package and also have the versatility to use it on your phone tablet or on your mirrorless camera
So I think it's a great option for indie filmmakers, and we've got links below for you to check out
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