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A sound guy in Flagstaff swore I should always record audio 6 inches above the talent's collar, and he was dead wrong
Two years back I was shooting a promo for a brewery up in Flagstaff and this older audio guy named Rick kept telling me to clip the lav mic right below the collar, about 6 inches down, because it would 'catch the chest resonance better.' I tried it on the first interview and the whole thing sounded muffled as hell, like the guy was talking through a hoodie. Played it back on my headphones at the shoot and Rick goes 'well that's weird.' We moved the mic to the collar bone on the second take and it was night and day, clean and clear. I've shot maybe 30 interviews since then and every single time I go above the collar line first, it just works. Rick meant well but that one tip cost me a whole second take and a very confused brewery owner. Anybody else get bad audio advice from somebody way more experienced and just nod along until you hear the playback?
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