Sound recording 

In this article I will attempt to understand some basic knowledge of sound recording, which covers types of microphone, types of sound in a movie.

 1.Microphone

 There are two basic types of microphone: the short-gun microphone and parabolic microphone.

 *Short-gun microphone: get its name from its shape, is a highly directional mic, which used to isolate the sound you want to record. This type of mic is all-times favourite on movie and TV set and is also used in many others situation too.

*Lavalier microphone: is very tiny thing that is clipped to a shirt,jacket or tie. This mic is often used in interview.

2.Types of sound.


There are lots of different type of sound used in film and TV but there are 4 main types of sound:
1. Atmosphere: sound of background noise on the movie set.
2. Dialogue: sound of people talking to each other on screen.
3. Sound track: song included in the movie (which wasn't created specifically for the film)
4. Narration: is often the sound of the narrator telling the story.

What I have learned from writing this article is how importance the sound is to the film. Picture is far less important than the sound.Also when we record the sound we need to make sure that the sound is clear, we do not really need to focus on the volume.