Filmmaking Craft

Field recorders for documentary: handheld or bag recorder?

Posted by Teodora Vlahos |

How to choose a field recorder for documentary sound: handheld or bag recorder, how many XLR inputs, 32-bit float, timecode and sync, headphones and power.

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We write about documentaries and independent films the way a good programmer talks about them in the lobby: what the film is actually doing, who made it and how, and why it might be worth your evening. Some pieces are reviews and essays, some are practical guides to festivals, funding and the craft, and a fair number come back to Canadian screens, where so much of the world’s documentary tradition was invented.

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