Run-and-Gun Documentary Kit

Yes — the versatile workhorse that covers wide context to tight detail without lens changes, critical for run-and-gun where you cannot miss the moment swapping glass.

Yes — the lav captures the subject's clean voice for interview; the shotgun captures ambient and overheard audio for B-roll. Both, always — redundant audio saves the edit.

For moving shots, yes — a gimbal gives smooth, floating footage where handheld is jittery. For interview, the tripod; for movement, the gimbal; both in the bag.

Yes — documentary is found in the edit, and you cannot cut what you did not shoot. Roll on the in-between moments, the B-roll, the ambient; the story is often there, not in the planned shots.