Todd Weaver Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Ever get sick of hearing the DP or Director call out boom in the shot? Especially when getting slates, or amidst the handheld camera framing up to the ceiling as the operator adjusts himself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryF Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Great! LFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Martin Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Love that video. And yes, those things drives me nuts. Similarly, I die a little bit inside every time a "producer" in video village starts complaining "boom shadow.... boom shadow.....BOOM SHADOW...." as the op is resting between takes or during a slate. Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yes "boom in shot" or similar, is often said with a tone that seems to me to be strangely aggressive and somehow smug at the same time, and I've found myself trying to work out if it's my reaction or whether that aggression and smugness is really there and I think I've decided that it really often is? But that leads to another question why .......? Anyone else feel this? Or am I just over- sensitive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Robot Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Oh this is amazing! Have to share this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmfsnd Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 That looks like the AES Convention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 In a similar vein, there's this from 12-13 years ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzafunk Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 I told a director a little while ago that if I wasn't dipping in now and again I wasn't getting close enough. It didn't go down that well - The same director had a very poor understanding of overscan as well and was getting upset at seeing boom even though the DP was telling her it was nowhere near the frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Hankerson Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Lmao!!! This is too funny!! Nicole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikefilosa Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 That looks like the AES Convention Please elaborate, as that makes no sense to me at all.... MF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 " The same director had a very poor understanding of overscan as well and was getting upset at seeing boom even though the DP was telling her it was nowhere near the frame. " another wanna-bee amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Kittappa Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Had a director yell at my boom in shot whilst shooting against a green screen. Everything around the talent was going to be garbage matted out anyway. Tried to explain but he just didn't seem to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 " just didn't seem to get it. " another wanna-bee amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJBerto Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 I've got one! ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izen Ears Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Funny vid! There is a big name director in town who yelled out "boom in frame" several times during the first week of shooting, and not a single one was the boomer! Clearly dude's been burned before, but after two times you'd think he'd smarten up. Dan Izen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Digitally erasing a boom mic in the shot is extremely trivial nowadays, unless it gets in front of the actor's face. The only time it's really an issue is if it's a handheld camera, camera move, or steadicam shot. If it's a static shot, it's cheap and easy to fix if it's just in the frame a little bit. NOBODY should care if the boom is in the frame on a VFX shot, as long as the boom is just in the green/blue-screen area. Any shoot with a VFX supervisor on-set will tell them not to worry about it, since the compositing artists will just garbage matte the mic out. Having said that: on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland shoot, I noticed that the sound crew often used colored-cloth-covered boom mics on the picture, in case they did get in the frame. My guess was that they were doing live temporary mattes on set, and it was easier for the director to "see" the temp framing that way. The exception would be any productions that have zero time and zero money to fix this stuff in post. (I'm thinking in particular of live shoots, documentaries, and reality productions.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 " any productions that have zero time and zero money to fix this stuff in post. " and I'm thinking of low-no budget projects led by wanna-bee amateurs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 I die a little bit inside every time a "producer" in video village starts complaining "boom shadow.... boom shadow.....BOOM SHADOW...." Learn the song and sing along: "I'm being followed by a boom shadow Boom shadow boom shadow Leaping and hopping on a boom shadow "Boom shadow boom shadow..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srgtfury Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 " just didn't seem to get it. " another wanna-bee amateur Ave Hon. Mr. Senator, Are U looking at running for the upcoming U.S. presidential election? Seems UR political allusions R heating up here. Thank you very much Fury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 and I'm thinking of low-no budget projects led by wanna-bee amateurs! They dream of being the well-paid amateurs with bigger budgets! I will be glad to contribute to the Super-PAC Senator campaign, if he runs for office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Weaver Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 My boom op is always in the shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audio911 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 If the boom is in the shot, the shot is too wide.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Lewis Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Just goes to show that the people calling these things out dont have a clue what they are doing and have no right be called a producer or director. Production sound school should be a mandate in film school first before learning how to bark orders at others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ward Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I was called back to the set during an MOS shot because our DP Laszlo Kovacs said that "The C stand was making a boom shadow". To me there is nothing better than watching the camera operators squirming lizard rotating, left skunk eye, trying to get your attention because you are too close to the frame line for their comfort (while the mixer is telling you to come down 1" on the PL). Good times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 "If your camera department wasn't making so much noise, I wouldn't have to get the boom so close" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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