Best Boom Microphone

[Douglas Spotted Eagle]

"If you don't know Ed Greene, you don't know audio..." How about "If you don't know Ed Greene, you don't know broadcast audio engineers. Ummm....If you don't know Gungi Patterson, you don't know concert audio, but just in passing, I asked Gungi if he knew Ed Greene. He doesn't.

Ed Greene is certainly great. He mixed me during the Olympics here in SLC.

Douglas

Who hasn't won 6 Emmys but has been nominated for 26 Emmys, 9 Grammys, parts of 3 Oscars, yadayadayada. The gold is meaningless....

They're just small recognitions we get because for a brief moment, we did something that someone noticed.

[Jeff Toogood]

Holy, this seemed to drift a bit off topic.

To answer some questions, 70% of the filming will be outdoors, the other 30% will be in an abandoned building. There will be no AC power, so everything will have to be battery powered.

This is a short - no budget - film. I was just asking what the best microphone would be for the entire project.

Maybe I should have asked, best boom microphone overall, or something.

Anyways, thanks for the help guys.

[Douglas Spotted Eagle]

Jeff, if you are low on budget, there are any number of used mic's available on Ebay. If you are really tight, for around 50.00 or so you can buy an ATR 55, which isn't a great mic, but for the price it's a really good mic. Canon also has an inexpensive shotgun-type mic that many folks are enjoying.
The biggest thing is getting mic's as close to talent as you can get them. The next biggest thing is finding a mic that will allow exteriors and interiors to sound as similar as possible. Unfortunately, this isn't easy to do on a budget. I'd get a mic you can afford that's a boom style or even a sensitive handheld condenser, and experiment with it well before the shoot to find what you can and can't accomplish with it. You might be able to rent an 897 somewhere as well, that's a great mid-level shotgun that can also do quite well at short distances.