HAWAT #002 - Behind-the-scenes images
Added 2018-06-05 03:58:27 +0000 UTC(This type of post would normally be exclusive to patrons.)
I had fewer behind-the-scenes images that I remembered; mostly because I wasn't planning to launch this Patreon until I was about halfway through shooting this episode. I'm also using this post as a way to teach myself how photo posts on Patreon actually work. 😄
Speaking of which, one thing I learned during the production of this episode was a neat trick for invisibly attaching a lav mic. The first HAWAT episode had a really complicated boom mic setup, and I wanted to find something simpler. I found this inexpensive lapel mic on Amazon, but it really stood out against the yellow shirt I wore in this episode, and I couldn't figure out how to clip it to the collar in a way that didn't look sloppy.
Thanks to this YouTube tutorial from Carl Kwan, I ended up adhering the mic to my chest with a bit of gaffers tape. You can see the black wire a bit in some shots, but I managed to hide the majority of the mic/tape setup behind Titus. The mic ran into a portable SD card recorder in my back pocket, and syncing the audio in post production was a cinch.
The explanation of what the heck I was doing in this episode turned out to be more complicated than I expected. I figured it out over the course of a couple of takes, but still had to write it all down and stick it right beneath the camera lens so that I could prompt myself.
There are often one or two sticky notes attached to the tripod during any given recording session.
- David
