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[Dallas Taylor]

Shameless self promotion:

http://mixonline.com/studio_unknown/..._post_survival

Ignore everything I say, and listen to Bob

[BRH]

I sure the cam operators on "Catch" don't appreciate having to do audio.
I'm not buying the "It's too dangerous to have an audio person on board" quote... I think producers cheaped out and hired just one audio supervisor, which wasn't either one of you.
1 good channel of wireless and 1 good shotgun probably cost more than the camera.

[HD2]

Originally Posted by BRH

I sure the cam operators on "Catch" don't appreciate having to do audio.
I'm not buying the "It's too dangerous to have an audio person on board" quote... I think producers cheaped out and hired just one audio supervisor, which wasn't either one of you.
1 good channel of wireless and 1 good shotgun probably cost more than the camera.

I would have to agree that it is too dangerous to have an audio person. I am sure it is bad enough for the camera ops to deal with the conditions, let alone if they had to be tethered to an audio guy via cables from a mixer to the camera.
In close quarters like that a good shotgun mounted on camera into 1 ch. and a lav into the second is about the best you can hope for.

[Craig F]

There was a special episode of Catch is they showed the survival training and conditions that shooting crews were subject to

Personally I liked how they dumped the tapes overboard for the chase boat to pick them up and take them back to the dock.

[Postman]

Nice interview, Dallas!

[JKD99]

Congratulations, great piece!

[Reckless Erik]

Good reading and very informative. Thanks for the post. This is a must read for all producers. Now if we could get them to listen to us as well I could start to cut back on the stress medication!

Cheers, Nick