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Film Craft 107: The Location Sound Mixer - 8. Operating a Boom Mic

Part of a structured location-sound series, this lesson covers how to hold, angle and move a boom pole to keep dialogue on-axis without dipping into frame. It also covers cable management and basic hand signals with the mixer.

macProVideoDotCom · 6 min · Beginner · SND · Sound & Music · 2022

What you take away

Practice keeping the boom mic angled toward the actor's mouth just out of frame while tracking movement.

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