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Posted by Richard Crowley on 03/02/07 18:35
"beowulf@nowhere.net" wrote ...
> Any recommendations on a specific model or link to a good tripod and
> also external microphone (to put on a boom to hold over actors heads)
> for digital indie filmmaking? I am about to buy the Canon XH-A1
> digital high def camcorder, I know little about videography but from
> what I have read I think I should get a tripod with a fluid head, is
> that right? Any recommended models appreciated. I am on a budget, but
> I want to be able to do smooth panning and tilting when filming an
> indie movie (writing my script now, it will be my first!). I could
> see spending a up to $300-400 hundred dollars if needed on a tripod,
> less if possible of course but I do want smooth panning, whatever it
> takes for that.
Do you mean $300-400 just for the tripod, or for the tripod AND
the pan/tilt head? $300-400 combined budget for both likely won't
buy much. Even $300-400 just for pan/tilt head won't really buy much.
> Also I know nothing about microphones, any recommendations on an
> affordable but good microphone appreciated? I am looking for the kind
> of micropone for attaching to a boom/pole top hold over actors as they
> speak, etc. and for thus attaching to external microphone jack on the
> digital camcorder.
For a shotgun mic and boom pole kit, you could consider something like...
http://www.trewaudio.com/store/product.php?productid=764&cat=66&page=1
Or something like this for a basic kit (including wireless, headphones,
etc.)...
http://www.trewaudio.com/store/product.php?productid=671&cat=66&page=1
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