Steadicam Shot

I have this idea for a shot:
Its with a steadicam (Glidecam) shot on DV.

We open in a party crowd. We hear the main character talking and we have a low down steadicam shot passes through the crowd. Almost like searching for who is talking and then we find the person talking.

Here is the problem: We have this 1 minute cont. shot (opening with credits) and this person talking the whole time and then in the same shot we find the person talking and steadicam in for a close up shot. How should the mic be placed.

I use a Audio Technica Long Shot long mounted on a boom pole. Should I rent a lav and hide it or should I decide to stop the steadicam shot in a wide shot (cause its wide angle lens) so that I can use the dialog from another take. This way people wont notice the out of sync sound and then cut to Closes ups?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Can't you have your actor miked up to a dat or a mindisk and just synk up in post.

Despin out.

I not shure about how a mini disk plugs into the computer. Do I need a special card or does it use a USB port or something?

Minidisc can be connected to a PC through
a normal Line-In jack.
Or for optimum quality, if you have a
sound card with the appropriate hook up, use
Optical-In fibre optic cable.

simple.

Now all you've got to worry about is
learning how operate a steadycam.

Are you saying that the mzr900 has a optical line out?

Dont worry I already know how to operate a steadicam, it just takes alot of practice its like parking a car, it takes pratice.

Minidisc!

I had to get a MZR9000 (I think) because it was the only one with a line out option. Be sure to check that or your quality will be gone!

cheers

Paul

I don't think so. I'll check tonight.

But all of the other ones I looked at only had headphone out!

Paul

PS If you have a BHS nearby, the chaps in there are very helpful regarding the equipment specs. If they'd had the MD in stock there I would have got it!