DMC Equipment: Recording Interviews and Lectures with the DMC Equipment

Workshop blurb:

This one hour workshop will cover the following topics:

1. Recording audio only interview with DMC professional audio recorders or in DMC audio studio.

2. Recording video interview with DMC video cameras and microphones or in DMC video studio.  

3. Recording talks/lectures with DMC video cameras and supporting gears.

Each topic takes about 20 minutes. Feel free to come and go or just show up for your desired topic. We will explore DMC equipment for best video and audio recording practices and answer your questions.

Workshop outline:

1. Audio only interview:

   1. Please consider to use DMC audio studio to record interviews as your first option as soundproofed room and audio set-up offers superior recording quality. Be mindful of two stand microphones : one has on/off switch (make this one as the default), the other does not have the switch.

   2. Features of H4n and H2n

   3. Basic operation (refer to video tutorial of H4n and demo the basic recording function of H2n.)

2. Video interview:

   1. Please consider to use DMC video studio to record video interview as your first option can be reserved to record interviews and a set of professional equipment is reserved for use in the video studio only. (get more hands-on experience of using the equipment.)

   2. Equipment:

      1. Easy setup: Canon M500, Sunpack/Velbon tripod, Azden wireless microphone

      2. Advanced setup for better audio quality: Canon XA10 video camera, Velbon tripod, Sony lavalier microphone, external shotgun microphone is used at same time as a backup audio (check the menu settings about channel setup, whether it records to one channel or two channel.)

   3. Composition and lighting or other tips and tricks, ask Jane for the sheet of video interview recording

3. Recording talks/lectures

1. Equipment:

1. Easy setup:Canon M500, Velbon tripod, Rode condenser shotgun microphone, use audio recorder as audio backup,

1. Scenario 1: classroom with built-in speaker with lineout, depend on the line out type, you can check out cables from the DMC. (revisit, bradley check the different cables and adapters)

2. Scenario 2: the classroom without any build-in speaker, and only one lecturer, then use wireless microphone to record audio.

3. Case by case, depend on the room audio set-up, talk to DMC professional staff member.

2. Advanced set-up: Canon XA10 video camera and Sony condenser shotgun microphone, Velbon tripod. Use audio recorder as audio backup. (recommended for QA session or panel discussion, )

1. Tips and tricks: be mindful of recording distance of shotgun microphone;