Hello!
I'm a student of 4th year on Universidad del Cine (FUC) from Argentina. I'm trying to pave my road as a sound operator on my own because my film university doesn't have a sound orientation.
I've recently had a gig where I was the sole operator (sound mixing and boom op) and my only equipment was a Zoom F4, a sennheiser g2 set and a MKH-416.
I only had a transpore 2,5mm hypoallergenic tape and the sole actor had a dark tight T-shirt that limited my placement options.
I know about the collar method, so I placed the mic around that place and slipped the cable through the collar and then the actor's back.
However, the tape itself generated a rustling sound that was noisy enough to difficult the recording of the actor's dialog.
This problem persisted even when trying different positions and tape usage.
I found myself clueless as to how to avoid that noise through the whole shooting day.
Where can I find lav'ing techniques that could solve this kind of issues?
Everything I find makes use of ursa stuff, furrs and things that I cannot obtain on most film sets (there's only one import business and they charge insanely high fees that no one wants to pay for on my student film sets)
I want to find my way to improve without fully depending on expensive supplies, however I do understand and value the necessity of those elements in a film set myself and I will invest on them once I have the financial chance to do so. For the time being, I want to try and learn how to improve without them.
Thanks you!