When hiring a video production team to document a seminar, training session, or other live event, it can be easy to neglect one of THE most important things in production - audio. It’s so difficult to get really good, clean audio for any shoot. That’s why I try to budget a professional audio mixer/boom operator to work with me on all shoots. So, if you are scheduling a live event and need a videographer to come on location to shoot, pay special attention to the audio needs of the space. By relying solely on the on-board camera mic, the audio on the video will sound too hollow and will also be filled with a lot of unwanted ambient noise.
I would recommend talking with your videographer about tapping into the venue’s audio system, usually through the use of an XLR cable. Be sure to talk with the venue’s audio-visual specialists so they are aware that there will be a videographer on site who needs access. By hooking into the venue’s system, you can be assured that every speaker’s microphone will go directly to your video. This will cut out all unwanted ambient noise, leaving you with crisp, clean audio.
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