JCC Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Asking y'all for any thoughts you might have about a possible ankle biter on a particular commercial gig: Took a commercial job last week where the sound needs were stated: Lav + boom on main actor Lav + boom on select people in audience. It's a fake game show. 15 audience members, one bob barker type host. Recording onto 788T with a boom op for audience and a rented bob barker type mic for host. Shooting on Red with tiny lockits (no audio going to cameras). Gig is in a couple days, and I just realized there hasn't yet been any talk about house sound... This will be staged, with actors.... I'd prefer to avoid house sound (amplifying, separate board, etc...) Do y'all have thoughts about whether I/we can effectively avoid speakers and a sound board? Or will it just be better to include a pa system? (I'm thinking it could screw up my audio....) Thank you! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I've done it both ways, (dry and thru a pa) . I split the HH mic, one leg to me, one to the pa system. It's not bad but there is some slap/bleed/echo that is there forever. Sometimes everyone loves it, but it is also easy to achieve this effect in post. The boom on the other hand will get a lot of that pa sound. I think it is better without it but I'd also have a small pa ready to go. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 well, JCC, it depends... you could ask production..? OTOH, sounds like they gave you pretty clear spec's, even if they are not necessarily the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I run into this frequently, and frequently it becomes clear that the prod co hasn't thought this aspect of the shoot through. It's your job to do the work of bringing this up beforehand and explaining the possibilities, and the extra rental involved in having a PA there if they want it. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrd456 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Avoid the PA if possible,if not keep it low----yes,you have to ask them about using a PA, because many times they don't think of it until shoot day,then it's a pain in the ass and they will blame you [at least a little] for the delay. J.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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