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Considerations when choosing a mic:

• Large Condenser Mics: This style is highly sensitive and ideal for recording in a quiet space

• Ribbon Mics: These are highly detailed while remaining isolated from room noise; they "hear like your ears” for an honest and accurate sound

• Dynamic Mics:  This type is less sensitive but excellent at isolating background noise 

• Ambisonic: These mics record audio in multiple directions and can be used to create mono, stereo, 5.1 surround, 7.1 surround, or spatial audio files. This style is most commonly used to record environmental sound (not particualy good for dialoguel.

• Proximity Effect: Live event mics have a much lower proximity effect than our studio and cinema mics. The proximity effect is an increase in bass or low-frequency response when close to a microphone.

Considerations when choosing a recorder or audio interface:

• The audio for most films is produced at 48KHz / 24-bit, but recording at a higher rate can be useful if there is a need to edit it in post-production

• 32-bit recording will not distort or clip audio when capturing sounds, even when the volume goes above 0dB

Considerations when choosing a camera:

• Higher dynamic ranges will help prevent bright areas from being washed out and dark areas from being underexposed. A high dynamic range camera is particularly useful when filming a person inside and in front of a very bright window

• Filming in a resolution higher than your desired final resolution will allow the image to be stabilized or cropped differently in post-production.