Response to List of equipment reccomended when making a feature with the Canon XL-1

One thing to remember is that the script must be ready before you shoot you "film" Three months might not be enough time to get a script ready for shooting.

For audio I would use a shotgun condenser mic going to some small mixer with RCA outs. Plug those into the back of the XL1. If you have another mixer for the boom operator that would be even better. Make sure that all of your stuff is calibrated to the same decibel level. a 1k tone is great for that.

Call Naomi at Full compass for DV tapes. She'll hook ya up for about $7.95 for 60min Panasonics.

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