Hi! I'm a senior in High School, trying to make a short film to send in for an application into film school. I have a Kodak Zi6, a Panasonic PV-GS31 and a Panasonic PV-D426 to work with. It's not great, I know, but it's what we have. I was thinking of using both the Kodak and the GS31, and filming at the same time to get different shots of the same scene. The GS31 apparently has a noise canceling, zoom microphone built into it, so if I had to I would probably get my audio from that camera. I have about $200.00 to buy new equipment with, though, so I was considering getting a sound recorder and a microphone to enhance the sound quality since none of my cameras have an input for external microphones and I will be filming outdoors for most of it and would need a wind guard so my actor's voices aren't drowned out by the wind noises. I'd probably get the Olympus V404130BU000 VN-7200 Digital Voice Recorder and the Olympus ME-52 Noise Cancelling Microphone.
Now for my questions. Does anything strike you as completely wrong? I'm totally new to film making, so I don't know what works and what doesn't. Should I keep the audio from the camera with the built in noise cancelling microphone? Should I try to find someone who will let me borrow a better camera? Is there a better way to spend my money than on sound equipment? And do you have any suggestions for me?
Now for my questions. Does anything strike you as completely wrong? I'm totally new to film making, so I don't know what works and what doesn't. Should I keep the audio from the camera with the built in noise cancelling microphone? Should I try to find someone who will let me borrow a better camera? Is there a better way to spend my money than on sound equipment? And do you have any suggestions for me?
