Well this was setback today as I was going about with my regular day and doing some recording for current events. When I got home apparently all the audio was missing. After trouble shooting the problem, it seemed like the wire on the lav mic was damaged and so I got no sound for this one section. However, because I pretty much knew exactly what I needed to finish the task I immediately went outside and re-recorded that parts that I needed. It even gave me the opportunity to test a different setup to see how it faired.
I often have that in the back of my mind for smaller projects in the event something goes wrong. A more common example would be the storage dies all of a sudden. If I made the process very complex then I likely wouldn’t be able to recover from it quickly such as if I had to have a specific lighting condition. But because I opted to keep things simple for this it was just primarily the audio that I needed and could use virtually any other visual to complete it.
Sometimes simple is just the best way to go for those smaller projects to make your life so much easier. I guess like a restaurant, if you choose items that are easy to prepare while still offering quality it can be a better choice than trying to always create some kind of extravagant $1000 meal. Especially when you are looking to try to serve as many people as possible in an efficient way.