When people get into filmmaking it is only natural that they want their movies to sound great. Unfortunately a lot of people make a mistake of buying a shotgun microphone as a "do it all solution" for sound. In this video I will discuss why I think its a mistake to buy a shotgun microphone as your first mic, and what alternatives will work better. My Website: www.ditfilms.com Instagram: @ditfilms Comb Filtering Effect: https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/what-is-it-comb-filtering/ Microphone Basics: https://www.shure.com/en-EU/performance-production/louder/microphone-basics-transducers-polar-patterns-frequency-response#:~:text=A%20polar%20pattern%20graph%20shows,equal%20response%20at%20all%20angles. Gear Mentioned in this Episode (THESE ARE NON-AFFILIATE LINKS. I DONT GET ANYTHING FROM THE SALE OF THESE ITEMS) Audio Technica 4053B:https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AT4051--audio-technica-at4051-small-diaphragm-condenser-microphone Sennheiser MKH50:https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MKH50--sennheiser-mkh-50-small-diaphragm-condenser-microphone Shoeps CMC641:https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CMC641Set--schoeps-cmc641-set