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On 2010-08-25 (ScottDorsey) said:
You will need a boom, a boom operator, a shotgun mike and good
hypercardioid. And a couple of pairs of good headphones. And some
isolation boxes.
YEp, lots of stuff to buy. That's why I'm suggesting rent
what you might need as you need it for some items, such as
lav kit.
The problem is, and I am really said to say it, that inexperienced young
directors hire almost exclusively based upon the equipment list. If you
have X, and you can provide X, they'll hire you because of your X and not
necessarily because you know how to use it.
Crossrenting stuff now and then is fine for things you don't use very often,
but you will get calls asking if you have X, and if you don't have X (and
maybe you have something much better than X), they'll thank you and hang up.
These guys have basically no respect for the people, just for the equipment,
and that's especially sad because bad sound will turn off the viewer long
before bad image quality will.
--scott
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