Stephen Benassu
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With the info provided, I would recommend a wireless lavalier mic. Trying to boom an on-the-fly “walk and talk” can be very difficult. Think about boom shadows, doorways, narrow corridors. If you have them, and want to get fancy, use 2 lavs, one on either side of his chest (on the jacket lapels for instance), to help with head turning while speaking. Or, best of all, hire a sound guy!
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That doesn’t sound crazy to me, as I really hate the audio portion of the 5D. Perhaps something like a Zoom H4n attached to your belt or in a fanny pack could work. I don’t know about the mic getting in the wide shot or not. You’ll have to experiment with that and perhaps come up with a custom mount using the hot shoe. Remember, ALL mics sound better when closer to the speaker.
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My first troubleshooting question is; did you actually record to two channels on the camera? Were you getting both left and right meters bouncing while recording? I’m not sure what you mean by “A/1 & A/2 featuring both mics“? Perhaps both channels on your mixer were center panned thus sending a mix of both mics to each camera channel?
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The mkh50 would work very well in that situation. You say “using 2 mics”. If you are referring to lavs, that would be fine. That’s pretty much standard op. procedure.
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I would lav the actors. With windows open and car not moving, you should not have a problem with wireless reception, assuming receivers will be close. I’d place the drivers mic off center on his/her right, and passenger off center to the left as that will probably be the way they are facing if they are conversing back and forth. I’ve hidden them in the sun visors before and that worked almost as well, Test it beforehand of course, and you should be fine.
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A single shotgun on a boom pole with an operator moving the mic (pointing it) toward the one speaking would work fine. Simply hanging a mic between them would be less than ideal. Do you know which mic you will be using? Depending on the pickup pattern it might get you “ok” sound, but not the best situation.
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I use IDX 14V Lithiums. I have 2, and 1 batt. usually gets me through a 10 hour day running my 644, 2 Lectrosonic 411 receivers, and a phantom powered boom. You’ll nee a cup to attach to the battery, and a power cable for the mixer. Check out Trew audio for all these parts, or Location Sound in LA.
The battery is about $200 and the cup and cable probably $150. (guestimating!) The charger for IDX is another expensive item. My set up includes a power distribution block with 6 outlets to power mixer, radio receivers, and whatever else I might need depending on the shoot. This set up seems to be pretty standard in my world of ENG bag work. Hope this helps.