Reflections

Taking part on this shoot helped me realize a few things about capturing sound while out in the field. First off, had Jacob, our producer, not provided his own personal equipment the sound quality would not have been as good. For our Vox-Pops we used a Rode directional microphone that was in a blimp, and over that was some fuzzy cover which we labelled the “polar bear,” due to its arctic appearance. These filters where very useful in eliminating the most unwanted noises on the day of our shoot, which was wind. Although there was sound of other pedestrians walking by, and cars rolling by; those noises where part of downtown and only add a layer of realism. But because on this particular day it was windy, it was extremely helpful that Jacob allowed us to use his personal stockpile. Another thing that was unavoidable was this sound of humming while doing our expert interview. I don’t know if the humming was a noise created by the lights or perhaps the fridge in the other room, but hopefully we will be able to make it less noticeable by the final edit. One last thing I would like to state is that I went in feeling that I would have most audio control during the expert interview since we shot indoors, than the Vox-Pops held outdoor; but as it turned out I feel that the audio recording outdoors came out cleaner because there is no white noise, instead that is substituted with the sound of the city, rather than humming, which is not something we would are accustomed to hearing in the background.