Synchronised Sound in Documentary

Synchronised sound works in parallel with the moving image / film on screen. For documentary this specific type of sound is important to use to portray the truth behind the subject you are screening as a filmmaker. Whether this be sound from on set shoots, or a soundtrack, it is used to give the audience a better understanding of the environment the documentary is set, as well as the tone the director is wishing to execute.

Synchronised sound will be used with in our film because it allows us to record dialogue from our interviews separately to the footage on the xf100. This will be done using a Zoom
H4N and a shot gun microphone. Using this equipment along with a boom pole will allow us to capture crisper sound from the interviewee, increasing the quality and professionalism of our audio. This is possible because our sound recordist Frankie will use the boom pole to decrease the distance between the microphone and the person in question. Pointing the microphone directly towards the subject increases the lucidity of the sound recorded as this technique captures the most sound waves and frequencies, and therefore is a more effective way of capturing sound.