Stupid Indie Tricks: No-Budget Audio Recording for Indie Filmmakers

“If it sounds good, it looks good.”

This is a Hollywood mantra which should also be engraved in the heads of everyone who wants to shoot a film of any kind. It doesn’t matter if it’s a narrative film or a documentary, nothing will turn an audience off from watching your film faster than bad audio.

But, what if all you’ve got to make your whole production is a couple of smartphones?

You’re in luck, because that’s exactly what you need!

Cellphones are designed to capture fairly good quality audio a...