Post by BrianBut in this case it was not my decision where the location for the
recording as the director had decided to use the location. There wax
plenty of space for lighting and moving the camera around. A setup
that looks like an reception of an office in someones house might
have been better. I feel that if it was a professional production
then the actors would likely be asked to overdub their voices
afterwards in a quieter environment.
Right, called adr among the pros.
Other techniques that might have been used include a lav on
each person who was expected to speak, a boom operatorwith a tight patterned microphone getting in close, etc.
There's a reason that we tell folks to hire the pros and not amateurs for audio for film and video.
Post by BrianThe last I heard was that the video editor was successful in removing
most of the air conditioners noise.
YEp, some judicious use of a parametric eq or other tools
might have helped, but had a professional been engaged the
right equipment and techniques might have been used.
Location sound guys deal with this all the time, locations
are chosen for how friendly they are to the camera with no
thought to sound.
Do some looking at the newsgroup
rec.arts.movies.productioun.sound for lots of this sort of
discussion. This is basically the wrong group. We're
primarily concerned with sound reinforcement for live
productions of all types, concerts, dramatic performances,
lectures, worship services, etc.
I would have steered you to that newsgroup earlier in this
thread instead of just throwing off a flippant smart assed
answer, but didn't have enough info in your original post to discern what your problem was. OThers had the same problem, which is why you got a few flip responses. Ty sort of drew
you out and got to the meat of the thing, thanks for that
Ty!
Regards,
Richard
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