March 20

1. A TV company spends mote time on audio because there is usually only one image on the screen but many audio tracks going together at the same time. Each audio track must be carefully created and adjusted to within very precise tolerances to produce the desired effect.

2. 
- Cardioid: pick up sounds in one direction only 
- Supercardioid: very directional mics 
-Lavalier: usually clipped onto clothing 
-Handheld: the mike is held in someones hand
-Boom & Fishpole: upercardioid mikes that are pointed at the subject from a distance
-Wireless: not attached to the camera with a long wire

3. Automatic gain control is when you "pointing straight up" audio levels but it is a problem for audio recording when there are long pauses because it will pick up any sound that it detects. 

4. Equalization  is the process of adjusting the high or low tones of a given sound.

5.
-Get closer. This means you want to get as close to the mike as you can without being distracting
-Talk across the mike instead of talking into the mike. You want to do this because you want to avoid popping your "p" sounds. 
-Get natural sound. Natural sound is all the audio which is not people talking. Moviemakers typically don't record natural sound and instead add it in post-production. 
-Never use camera mike for interviews. This is because the camera mike is too far away in which the sound will be hollow and noisy.

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