Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
Lesson 31 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
Lesson 31 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Lesson Info
31. Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
Lessons
Chapter 1 Introduction
1Welcome to the Class
02:12 2What Makes a Great Video
03:17 3What Type of Video Should You Make
02:47Chapter 2: Pre-production
4Come up with a Great Video Ideas
05:05 5Plan Your Video
03:30 6The Pre-production Checklist
04:04Chapter 3 Equipment - Our Suggestions for Getting Started
7Does Equipment Matter
01:34 8Our Recommended Cameras
06:00 9Our Recommended Audio Equipment
04:37 10Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
01:47 11Our Recommended Editing Equipment
02:11 12Our Recommended Drone Equipment
05:35 13Quiz: Chapter 3
Chapter 4:Cinematography Basics
14Exposing Your Shots
05:25 15Compose Your Shots
04:25 16Filming Yourself
01:09 17Getting the Right Shot
03:43 18Choose a Background
02:32 19My Office Video Setup
02:54 20Quiz: Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Tips for Shooting with Different Cameras
21Exposing with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
06:31 22Focus with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
02:35 23Stabilize Your Shots
02:57 24Know Your Lenses
03:18 25Shoot with Your Smartphone
05:10 26Shoot with Your Webcam
05:49 27Record Great Screencast Videos
04:20 28Tips for Better Drone Shots
04:06 29Types of Drone Shots
01:43 30Quiz: Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Audio Recording and Microphones
31Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
03:14 32Record Better Audio in Any Environment
01:27 33How to Use a Lavalier Microphone
02:47 34How to Use a Shotgun Microphone
00:55 35How to Record Audio with Your Computer
01:27 36Quiz: Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Video Lighting
37Why We Light
01:03 38Use Natural Light
04:14 39The 3-point Video Lighting Setup
07:26 40Quiz: Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Editing Better Videos
41Intro to Editing
02:15 42The Post-production Process
07:50 43Craft a Story with Editing
05:21 44Improve Your Audio with Editing
06:34 45Find and Add Music
05:12 46Design Clean and Professional Titles
03:15 47Increase Video Engagement with Calls to Action
01:29 48Quiz: Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Get More Views - Publishing Your Video Online
49Export the Best Quality Video for Online
02:54 50Tips for Posting Online
05:28 51Grow Your Youtube Channel
04:41 52Quiz: Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Case Studies: Real-world Filmmaking
53Case Study - Corporate Promo Videos with Ghirardelli Chocolate
08:54 54Case Study - Event Videography with Major Lazer
08:39 55Case Study - Documentary Films with Phil
14:24 56Case Study - Shooting By Yourself
15:32 57Case Study - Wedding Videography
08:37 58Case Study - Phil's Livestream Setup
04:23Chapter 11: Conclusion
59Thank You
00:59Final Quiz
60Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
Hey everyone. Welcome to a new section in the course. This section is all about audio, choosing the right microphone and how to use that microphone for your shoot first. Remember what our microphone options are. We have lava lair microphones, shotgun microphones onboard, shotgun microphones, internal microphones or studio or USB microphones. So one of the first things you have to think about is who is going to be recorded. Do you have one person speaking? Do you have multiple people speaking If you're shooting a talking head video or an interview of just one person, you can really use any type of microphone. A La Valliere microphone can be a great option if they're just sitting down or even if they're moving around a shotgun microphone is also a great option if they're just sitting in one location or if they're moving around, you could get away with using a boom operator. If you're just in front of your computer, a USB microphone or a studio microphone is a great option for projects wh...
ere you're shooting multiple people in the same shot, you might have to get to La Valliere microphones so that you can record high quality sound for each person. If you are using a boom microphone, you might need a boom operator to be able to move the mic between the people when they're talking. The other thing you have to think about is where your camera is going to be and what your camera composition is going to look like. If you're shooting a big wide scene of someone outdoors or just a scene where a person is smaller in frame, you might not be able to use a shotgun microphone because it's going to be have to be in frame to get great audio. So in that case a la Valliere might be a great option. But if your composition is closer and you're tighter in on your subject, a lava lair or shotgun might work. Even if you're shooting in a quiet location with your camera not too far away from your subject, the internal microphone could be a viable option. Here's an example of recording in a quiet room with the smartphone's internal microphone sounds pretty good. So if you are shooting video and using the internal microphone either on your DSLR camera or your smartphone, you might be wondering why doesn't my audio sound good? You have to understand a G. C. Or auto gain control. This is how your camera or your phone monitors and sets levels for recording the audio. If I'm in a quiet room and I'm the only one talking then it's going to set levels for however loud my voice is and it might actually sound fairly decent but recording audio with the internal microphone of your smartphone won't sound great when you're in a loud location. But if I'm outside and I'm speaking and something louder than my voice happens, a thunderstorm or a car drives by then the camera will automatically set its levels to that loud sound, making my vocal sound, my voice at a lower level And that's why when you're outside you might not get that great of sound with your internal microphone. So we really only recommend using the camera's internal microphone if you're inside an environment that's quiet and you can control the sound, or if you're just trying to capture the sounds of your environment. So hopefully by now, you know how to pick the right microphone for your video shoot.
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