Shotgun microphones

Rich Harrington: So, I think if you watched our last movie, we've safely established…that the built-in microphone, not very useful.…Robbie Carman: Yeah, it's one of those things that if you have no other choice in a run-and-gun…situation, it's better than nothing, but I think a much better step up is going to…an on-camera shotgun mic. Rich: Yeah.…Robbie: Now, if you're familiar with a shotgun mic, a shotgun mic is something like this…guy, this one is made by RODE.…But a shotgun mic is a very directional mic, and what that means is that it's going to…pick up sound mainly from what it's pointed at, in the front of the mic.…And this is great for things like dialogue, for interviews, and that kind of stuff.…

Now, the thing about the shotgun mics is that you can buy shotguns like Sennheisers and…other brands that are just shotgun mics, but in that situation, you probably have to adapt…that microphone to work on your DSLR camera, because most of those high-end shotguns are going to be XLR outputs.…In addition, they are probably also going to need power, it's called Phantom Power.…