X-Doug_Graham
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Mar 9, 2004, 4:55 PM
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Re: Videotaping in Classroom/Video Switchers
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There are generally three shots of interest in a classroom setting:
- The teacher
- The students
- A closeup on any presentation materials (chalkboard, viewgraphs, models, etc.) For viewgraphs or other projected material, the best bet is to get a copy of the material and add it in as graphics in post production.
Audio of the teacher is easy...wireless mic.
Audio of the students is much more difficult. Depending on the quality you want or require, you could go with one to four (or more) omni mics set at various locations in the classroom, or a couple of cardioid mics set facing back towards the students. Some classrooms are already wired for A/V production and have a grid of mics in the ceiling. Suspending mics from the ceiling gets around the problem of all those mic stands, people handling them, knocking them over, etc...but it does take a lot of setup time. If you can enlist the help of the school's maintenance personnel, and the room has a suspended ceiling, you can hang a mic grid over the weekend and be ready to go on Monday.
If you want to switch live, how elaborate you get depends on your budget, and on how unobtrusive you want to be. You could have everthing from three to four manned cameras, a switcher operator, an audio engineer, and a director...to three cameras, with two running unattended. You run the third, and the switcher, and let the audio take care of itself.
Regards,
Doug Graham
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