May 25, 2008
We just bought our shotgun mic that we will be using in the film and I also recommend it for its price range!! Basically a shotgun mic is good for outdoor and acoustically open environments and not so good indoors around reflective environments, whereas a hypercardioid can work in both situations but does not have quite the narrow pickup or extended reach of a shotgun mic. The biggest rule of thumb for good audio is to get the mic CLOSE to the source --- within 2 feet if you can --- and remember that a cheap $200 dollar mic that is close will generally sound better than a $1000 mic that is far away.