The One With Technical Issues

 

Microphone Troubles

02/25/26-

    As mentioned in my group meeting post two days ago, I was worried about the quality of the speaker on my GoPro. Though I think that the quality of the camera footage turned out well, the audio on GoPros is unfortunately a lot less than great. This wasn't much of a problem when filming the first scene of my opening, but that was because there was no dialogue, and my next scene does. I reaaallly don't want bad quality to be something that drags my project down the drain, so I borrowed a bluetooth microphone that my Media Studies teacher provided. 

    We didn't get to test it out in class because there wasn't time to charge it, but I'm taking it for tonight to test it out. 

    If the microphone doesn't work, I might have to either use another camera or my phone, which I don't like because I want the same camera quality so there's no obvious contrast, or I'll have to film the scene and then a voice over and sync it, which I want to avoid because I am not a good technology person at all. I'm already below average at editing, and having to make a voiceover and edit it in would be a huge set back. 

02/26/26-

    It turns out that the plug that goes into the GoPro, it doesn't fit all the way. I hoped that it wouldn't matter but it does, unfortunately. I tested the mic and it was getting no input. 

    Since I'm filming the second half on Saturday, I don't have many options. As in, I could try and order a microphone online but that might take too much time, and it might not even work. So, I want to try and go to a tech store like BestBuy or a Walmart to see if they have anything that could work. 

    If not, I'm going to just film with something else that does work or try and sync up the audio like mentioned before. 

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