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Supplies to get to hide lav mics

Supplies to get to hide lav mics

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Supplies to get to hide lav mics

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This week, I want to talk all about how to hide live mics. Now, if you watched my location audio course, I already gave you two of the most common techniques using moleskin directly on the skin as well as using gaffer's tape. And one of those techniques is particularly good for wind noise, so definitely check that out. But this week, I want to show you awhole bunch of other techniques, because I think it's always good to have more than one trick up your sleeve, especially when it comes to audio. So every technique isn't going to work out for every blocking situation or every costume, and speaking of costume, that is the main concern that we have any time we're hiding live mics, is what type of material your actors or actresses are wearing. The thing that we want to avoid is anything like this. So any shiny, satiny silky, synthetic material isn't going to be good for hiding live mics simply because you get too much clothing noise and that is a main enemy of this technique. It's very…

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