My cheap sound system

I wanted to share my newest piece of inexpensive filming equipment.  After filming The Trunk and talking to the sound editor, it became clear to me that I needed to buy a boom (or at least directional) microphone.  I knew the ambient sound on my camcorder was not going to cut it.  After doing some research, I came to the conclusion that you will not have great sound without spending a lot of money.  So I settled on improved, but not amazing sound and bought a $50 shotgun mike on Amazon that got decent reviews.  So far, I like it.  I did an interview for my next project, and I am happy with the sound, for the most part,  I need to remember to test every individual scene, though, to make sure I have the microphone close enough and pointed at the correct angle.   But once I post it, you’ll be able to see the difference between that and the sound from the Ike footage.