Example of bad booming

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dre83

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This is an example of bad booming.
 
But I wan't the "not-experienced-in-sound-but-wants-to-know-about-it-guys" to find out
 
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What if the camera man has some important lines? How are you going to get those if you got the mic on the actors all the time?
 
How can you possibly assume this is bad booming without being on the set. Thats like looking at a pic of someone driving a car and saying their a bad driver.

For all you know, that may be the only place he can be with out casting a shadow, or reflecting in the glass. Or for all you know a second camera. There's just way to many variables to even speculate as to whether or not this guys gettin good audio. silly!!!!!

When you get on a working set, you will see that it's not always possible to get within several feet from the actor. Sometimes, it's not possible to use a lav, and there's no where for a boom op to be, So they get as close as they can. Dosen't even mean their gonna use this audio track regardless. None the less thats what ADR's for.
 
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maranfilms said:
None the less thats what ADR's for.
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ADR for a talking head interview?

And just for the record you can tell by this simple picture that if all else failed regarding all the things you mentioned
he could have easily came in from underneath.
 
maranfilms said:
When you get on a working set, you will see that it's not always possible to get within several feet from the actor. Sometimes, it's not possible to use a lav, and there's no where for a boom op to be, So they get as close as they can.
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First, the sound mixer has to work with both lighting and camera departments in order to make sure that sound gets what it needs without anyone stepping on anyone else. If you're not doing that, you're not doing your job.

Second, there are only rare instances, usually caused by extreme distances, where neither boom nor wireless lav can reach. For the other 99.998% of the time, it's possible to get one, the other, or both. And nothing in the picture from the original post says that neither will work.

Last, I second what Rippie said. Interview setups like this are very controlled. But then, we've also established that the picture isn't really a great example to start with.
 
Just for the record when I mentioned originally that there was a number of problems with this picture
I actually wasn't even referring to the audio, but the lighting (and a couple other things). Ah well, to each his own. :D
 
maranfilms said:
How can you possibly assume this is bad booming without being on the set. Thats like looking at a pic of someone driving a car and saying their a bad driver.

For all you know, that may be the only place he can be with out casting a shadow, or reflecting in the glass. Or for all you know a second camera. There's just way to many variables to even speculate as to whether or not this guys gettin good audio. silly!!!!!

When you get on a working set, you will see that it's not always possible to get within several feet from the actor. Sometimes, it's not possible to use a lav, and there's no where for a boom op to be, So they get as close as they can. Dosen't even mean their gonna use this audio track regardless. None the less thats what ADR's for.
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I have experience enough... and I tell you this is bad booming... How he holds it....

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THAT I MENT IF THIS WOULD BE THE POSITION OF ACTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GODDAMNED !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
- the window is framed out (hopefully) because otherwise the light is also in the reflection

- he holds it to tight...as someone holding the boompole for the very first time

- I don't see headphones

- he stands behind the camera, also a first reaction when you boom for the first time. You learn that there's something like "left" and "right" after a while


And I repeat... I don't know if this was taken only for the picture but IF IF IF IF IF IF IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.... continue yourself......
 
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