Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Boom Microphone

 Summarize 3 different key functions of a boom microphone that you picked up from this short video.  What is one question you still have on how to operate a boom?

I learned about different ways you can hold the boom mic, to try to point it towards the floor instead of the sky as most as possible, and to use an internal cable with your boom mic, instead of external, because this could add noise with the cable moving around. I still wonder how boom operators are able to keep their arms up for so long, and how they are able to keep us with the pacing of the scene. Also, what scenes use a boom, and which don't? What do they do when there's a long shot?

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