Big WWII project, need help on hardware a.o. things.
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Hey everyone,
it's been a year or 2 since I first started documenting the events that took place between 1938 and 1945 in my hometown Weert, and we're setting up a foundation now that we're coming to concrete shapes in the project.
Th project consist of 5 phases:
Phase I: Gathering and processing all available information.
Phase II: Interviewing "witnesses" generally
Phase III: Interviewing "witnesses" specifically by their given information.
Phase IV: Gathering and processing infomation from the interviews
Phase V: Rework the information to a readable format.
We've now arrived at phase II, were participants of our project tell about their memories from that era.
Phase V will be the publishing of a book and stencils/booklets as supplemental history material.
My question is:
Should I capture the interviews both on audio and video, or only audio?
What kind of hardware do you recommend for this task. (Which kind of camera, what kind of microphone etc.)
I'd be happy with every suggestion you have or with every comment you have on the whole project.
Rick
hitler was a jew
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[QUOTE=shinobiboy77]hitler was a jew[/QUOTE]
Thank you for contributing, I've got a feeling you'll get far in life.
[QUOTE=Rickzzz]Hey everyone,
it's been a year or 2 since I first started documenting the events that took place between 1938 and 1945 in my hometown Weert, and we're setting up a foundation now that we're coming to concrete shapes in the project.
Th project consist of 5 phases:
Phase I: Gathering and processing all available information.
Phase II: Interviewing "witnesses" generally
Phase III: Interviewing "witnesses" specifically by their given information.
Phase IV: Gathering and processing infomation from the interviews
Phase V: Rework the information to a readable format.
We've now arrived at phase II, were participants of our project tell about their memories from that era.
Phase V will be the publishing of a book and stencils/booklets as supplemental history material.
My question is:
Should I capture the interviews both on audio and video, or only audio?
What kind of hardware do you recommend for this task. (Which kind of camera, what kind of microphone etc.)
I'd be happy with every suggestion you have.
Rick[/QUOTE]
Nice camera, shotgun mike.
[QUOTE=Prismatex]Nice camera, shotgun mike.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the suggestion, but the interviews won't be like that.
It's more of extracting and preserving information, so they'll be held in a special room in the city council, at their home or somewhere else where it's nice and quiet.
What I'm looking for is a camera that's good in recording from a static position, and a microphone with very clear sound and which is easy transfers sound to tape/digital format.
(I'd reckon tape would be better?)
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Or did you mean a set-up like this:
[img]http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4703/thisonegj9ow6.jpg[/img]
Some things that occur to me:
Even if it is for a book, some pictures should be taken. This will help later with illustrating, if that becomes an option or choice.
I'd be more concerned with the enviroment I made the recordings in than the hardware I made them with. You'll want a quiet enviroment with the fewest distractions for your interview subject as possible.
Video would be helpful if you could use stills from the video as pictures, as well as the audio from the video. That way you kill two birds with one stone- the video provides pictures as well as audio. Otherwise I'd skip the video recording.
For a book, it's not necessary to record the interviewer, so don't worry about hardware for the interviewer. Same for pictures, it's not necessary to include the interviewer, so frame any pictures for maximum benefit for the interview subject.
edit: I wrote this as you posted, so some of it is addressed already.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded]Some things that occur to me:
Even if it is for...for the interview subject.[/QUOTE]
You are correct, that's why the environment is already set as described in the previous post.
The reason I want to record the audio is obviously because I need the information, and I don't want to write [B]everything[/B] down, since when need [B]everything[/B] they say.
Some information might not look important, but it might prove itself as such later on.
The reason I want to capture it on video too is because the city council has told us they might want to make a documentary about our project.
Also, communication depends alot on non-verbal signals, and you can't capture those on audiotapes.
do video
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video is cooler and it can go on tv
[QUOTE=Rickzzz]Or did you mean a set-up like this:
[img]http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4703/thisonegj9ow6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
I had something like that in mind.
Veedeooo.
[QUOTE=Prismatex]I had something like that in mind.[/QUOTE]
Okay, seems logical.
I thought you meant a soundman standing there with the boom pole in his hand.
[QUOTE=Uber|nooB]Veedeooo.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=PhantomNorth]do video
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video is cooler and it can go on tv[/QUOTE]
Why?
video would be more useful
[QUOTE=Rickzzz]Thanks for the suggestion, but the interviews won't be like that.
It's more of extracting and preserving information, so they'll be held in a special room in the city council, at their home or somewhere else where it's nice and quiet.
What I'm looking for is a camera that's good in recording from a static position, and a microphone with very clear sound and which is easy transfers sound to tape/digital format.
(I'd reckon tape would be better?)
[B]EDIT:[/B]
Or did you mean a set-up like this:
[img]http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4703/thisonegj9ow6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Looks like the microphone stand is raping the camera.
[QUOTE=ChaosPirate]Looks like the microphone stand is raping the camera.[/QUOTE]
One could say he's giving him a "mic check". :excited:
[QUOTE=Trivian]One could say he's giving him a "mic check". :excited:[/QUOTE]
:lol:
That pun stunk so bad the garbage man said daaaaaaaamn!
:v:
Transcripted video could be best.
You can always then just choose to use the audio or text if more appropriate to go with another clip or media type and discard the pictures but you can't put them in at a later date if you just record audio from the outset.
[QUOTE=Rickzzz]Thanks for the suggestion, but the interviews won't be like that.
It's more of extracting and preserving information, so they'll be held in a special room in the city council, at their home or somewhere else where it's nice and quiet.
What I'm looking for is a camera that's good in recording from a static position, and a microphone with very clear sound and which is easy transfers sound to tape/digital format.
(I'd reckon tape would be better?)
[B]EDIT:[/B]
Or did you mean a set-up like this:
[img]http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4703/thisonegj9ow6.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
MMMmm! Sexy! Is that a Canon XL2?
[QUOTE=Trivian]One could say he's giving him a "mic check". :excited:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=faolco1]:lol:
That pun stunk so bad the garbage man said daaaaaaaamn!
:v:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Trivian]One could say he's giving him a "mic check". :excited:[/QUOTE]
Do you have anything useful to add?
[QUOTE=mikfoz]Transcripted video could be best.
You can always then just choose to use the audio or text if more appropriate to go with another clip or media type and discard the pictures but you can't put them in at a later date if you just record audio from the outset.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's what I'm thinking, if I'm doing all of the trouble setting up equipment, why not use a camera too right?
[QUOTE=onox37]MMMmm! Sexy! Is that a Canon XL2?[/QUOTE]
No idea, I just plucked it off Google.
Just make sure the audio is in good quality and the people know how to talk properly.
Video would look nice(r) but the audio is the important part.
Now, that's settled, video and audio it is then.
On to the main question:
What kind of camera and microphone would you guys and verynicelady recommend?
The camera will be stationary, the microphone will be recording in a quiet
environment and is used for speech only.
I don't know what these things should cost, but they should be fit for these tasks without all of the extra bells and whistles.
[QUOTE=Toline]Just make sure the audio is in [B]good quality[/B] and the people know [B]how to talk properly[/B].
Video would look nice(r) but the audio is the important part.[/QUOTE]
Good point, they're ussually older people which speak Dutch and dialect mixed with each other, so they really have to speak clearly.
I saw a video of a group of guys filming themselves running across a beach like the one of Normandy D-Day. And they just sequenced all the clips together to make it look like thousands of soldiers were fighting on the beach.
[QUOTE=p00nstar]I saw a video of a group of guys filming themselves running across a beach like the one of Normandy D-Day. And they just sequenced all the clips together to make it look like thousands of soldiers were fighting on the beach.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I know that video, but what are you trying to say?
[QUOTE=PhantomNorth]do video
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video is cooler and it can go on tv[/QUOTE]
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Anybody?
This sounds like a brilliant project for a good cause. Good luck!
[QUOTE=Rickzzz]Anybody?[/QUOTE]
Basically, someone said it above...
If you have the oppurtunity for interview, then you need to make the most of that time. The person is being kind enough to give you their own time out of their own life to help YOU, so take advantage of it, you've only got one chance.
Recording the interview with video would be the best bet. You can then rip the audio from that video if you decide to use audio in the end.
But if you just use audio, then at a later date want video as well, then you can't REALLY go and ask them to do it again, can you?
So go with video, then rip the audio if need be.
[QUOTE=nunu]This sounds like a brilliant project for a good cause. Good luck![/QUOTE]
Thank you!
[QUOTE=runtime]
If you have the oppurtunity for interview, then you need to make the most of that time. The person is being kind enough to give you their own time out of their own life to help YOU, so take advantage of it, you've only got one chance.[/QUOTE]
Correct, although there will be general interviews (Questions anyone from that era can answer) and (up to three) specific interviews (these questions are formulated after adding the earlier given data into our database and connecting them with other events).
[QUOTE=runtime]Recording the interview with video would be the best bet. You can then rip the audio from that video if you decide to use audio in the end.
But if you just use audio, then at a later date want video as well, then you can't REALLY go and ask them to do it again, can you?
So go with video, then rip the audio if need be.[/QUOTE]
Good point, I´ll stick to video then.
Hi all, it's been a while, but we're almost certain we'll receive governement fundings!
Could someone help me with the actual choice in camera and microphone?
(Tape or digital, what type, what I should look for etc.)
The quality has to be good enough to be viewed from a DVD to TV.
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Yes I know most Digital Camcorders are able to do that, but it has to be nice 'n crisp for the video documentary + school material we're going to develop.
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