How to record great sound with a camera

This article/video was about how to record great natural sounds with a camera. Normally, finding great natural sounds are hard. But this video gave some great tips with how to get some great sounds. Ambient noise is really important and it can be broken down into a few parts. Transient sounds, Evolving sounds and speech. Transient sounds are short and impactfull sounds,  like a glass breaking or footsteps. Evolving sounds are long sounds that change over time. Like the hum of a light bulb or the sound of the outdoors. Speech sound effects are just that, sounds that involve a voice. This could be anything from the sounds of children in a playground or a busy mall. Each types of these sounds can be tricky to record and must be done differently. A camera with a shotgun mic is good for this. Levels should be set at minus 10 db at the beginning. Sounds can seem like their further away if they're quieter, but even with that it will still sound very close to your ears. This can be changed depending on the way you record the sounds. For instance if you record it super close, it will sound impactful and strong. But recording from far away can make it sound less important and quieter of course. For transient sounds, shooting up close is better because your not worry about context and want a short sweet sound. Adding more evolving sounds will add more context to your film. The audience can really create a better image of the environment with the addition of more of theses sounds. Speech sound effects known as "walla" help us relate more to the film as we identify with human noises.
I thought this article was really great, and I learned a lot about recording sounds. I didn't think about before how a boom mic is good at recording sound effects. It's interesting the different techniques required to get good sounds, like standing far away from the noise or not.