Audio problem

If you're doing a closeup of someone's face, and you have the mic underneath, you may well have it close enough to pop if you're riding the mic at the frame line, where it should be.
 
NoNoob said:
intrusion, number one answer.

mic would have to be awfully close to pick up popping.
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..the mic would also have to be very close to be picking up the best audio. theres a reason why when given the option mics are put very close to or at the talents mouth. cause thats where the best audio is. thats why any sound room/stage has the mic right in the talents face. the goal in film work is to get the mic as close to that as possible without getting it in the picture or in the way. so yes, a good boom op often has the mic close enough to pick up potential popping and an overhead technique not only cuts the directed breaths like that down, but it allows the talent to move freely without a boom pole in their gut since it is floating above them and not in everythings way, and it also allows for softer flooring, textured ground or matting as david said to absorb the reflective sound. it really is the best and most common technique. the goal in almost ANY recording is to isolate each element and then you can mix them to your hearts desire in post. so for film audio you want the cleanest vocals with 0 "room tone" if possible. you can record room tone or ambient sound later when everyone shuts up on set and then you can mix it in in post..as little or as much of it as you want. perhaps you want the room to sound different than it does in real life because your in a hotel lobby, but its supposed to be a quiet mansion. you dont need elevator music and people checking in recorded with your dialog. .. anyway..you always want to mix whatever ambient sound you want in the scene completely seperate from the vocals.. whether its the same location sound you want or not, and using the on camera mic or an improper micing technique (like being too far away with ANY mic) will only give you bad sound.
 
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