Evaluation for a Three Shot Sound Sequence

For this task in a group of three being Jack, Aden and I we had to film in three different locations and try to get the best sound possible from our three locations. The locations needing to be two interiors one being quite and the other being noisy in back ground sounds and our third location just needed to be outside.

First off Jack, Aden and I where in a group together and we filmed our first locations with a shot gun mic and didn't really think of the angles we were filming at as well as not worry about the sound to much. When we then reviewed the filming quality it the sound wasn't very good in terms of we could always hear what Jack and I where reading to the camera. We then decided to change our angles and agreed to try and get quieter  background noise so that it would be less disrating to the viewer when watching the footage.

The next time we filmed Aden was absent so Jake filled in for Aden and I filmed instead of read. While doing this we filmed our first quiet location and used a shot gun mic then decided to change to tie mics for the other two locations. When we reviewed this we found the sound qaulity in getting the speak was much clearer with tie much and the background noise wasn't as loud compared to the shot gun mic.

Personally myself I am much happier with the sound outcome on our last two filming locations when we used the tie mics because I feel the sound quality was much better; I believe this because when we were picking up a lot of unwanted sound with the shot gun mic whether or not the room was quiet I think this is mainly to do with not how loud the recording was but because the shot gun mic picks up a lot of general sound in it's surrounding. Also I feel I know  more about sound and have learnt to be more cautious about the quality of sound I record and will try my best to get the best sound possible when recording.
The only down fall I think that was inconvenient was the fact that when there is a need to rely on people being on time or showing up for the filming/capturing and they don't show up this could be a major set back.