I've been using the ok Azden 50 mic, which costs like 40 bucks. Okay sound, but not professional. For my feature production I need professional sound. Which is the best shotgun mic: the RODE NTG-3, the Sennheiser MKH50 (used for Social Network) or 418? Or are there others I haven't heard of?

Thanks!

Your parents would pay $1,200 for a microphone.

I'm going to tape a stage mic to a pole! Srsly

well, i got myself an ntg-2 and ducted taped it to a long stick of wood, the results were ok, never going to be like industry quality especially without adr.

Z. Cobb wrote:well, i got myself an ntg-2 and ducted taped it to a long stick of wood, the results were ok, never going to be like industry quality especially without adr.

Tape is all powerful, my NF comrade

Where do you all find this info. on what mics were used for these Hollywood movies?

movieman1005 wrote:Where do you all find this info. on what mics were used for these Hollywood movies?

I actually googled "What microphone was used for..." and some stuff came up.

Fernando wrote:

movieman1005 wrote:Where do you all find this info. on what mics were used for these Hollywood movies?

I actually googled "What microphone was used for..." and some stuff came up.

to be honest they probably used something like 50 different mics.

Z. Cobb wrote:

Fernando wrote:
I actually googled "What microphone was used for..." and some stuff came up.

to be honest they probably used something like 50 different mics.

Yeah, but I know for sure that for the courtroom scenes they used the MKH 50 as the sole mic.

I saw this 6 ft mono-pod on this great sale, so I picked it up... then realized that it would make a damn good boom pole, so I attached my NTG-2 to the end and spared myself a rip-off price for an actual boom pole.