Why is the FR2-LE field recorder only 12 volts, when phantom power requires 48 volts?

[Richard Crowley]

That is when it is time to break out the wireless body mics.

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Recording audio without metering and monitoring is exactly like framing and focusing without looking at the viewfinder.

[Ryan Elder]

Okay thanks, but for our budgets, we only have two boom mics, especially with multiple actors. Should we just live with the wetness like Paths of Glory did? Or what did they do before the lav mic age?

[Ryan Elder]

I guess I figure since I don’t have the budget to get mics for every actor, and they have to share booms, that I might as well do it old school, before lavs came along, but is it possible to do it old school and still be good?

[Richard Crowley]

[ryan elder] “before lavs came along, but is it possible to do it old school and still be good?”

Sure, in SOME cases. But that is a question with 10000 variations. It would be insane to try to offer a simple “yes” or “no” answer.

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Recording audio without metering and monitoring is exactly like framing and focusing without looking at the viewfinder.

[Richard Crowley]

[ryan elder] “Should we just live with the wetness like Paths of Glory did?”
Only you can answer that question. If it were me, there is no way I would try to record a dialog track like that.

[ryan elder] ” Or what did they do before the lav mic age?”
Dialog Replacement.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbing_(filmmaking)#ADR/post-sync

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Recording audio without metering and monitoring is exactly like framing and focusing without looking at the viewfinder.