What is this?

[Sebben]

Does anyone know what this portable boom holder is called? Or is it a custom piece?

 

 

[jason porter]

Kit Cool?

Side note- notice the sound dept is mixing, booming and carrying a run bag. The cam op has someone to hold his spectacles on his head for him...sheesh.

[mpsanos]

I remember this ...

http://www.pro-sound.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PSS&Product_Code=SBOOMKIT&Category_Code=B

[David Waelder]

Tim Song Jones wrote up his experiences with the Kit Cool boom system for the 695 Quarterly.

 

This issue is available here:

http://695quarterly.com/3-1/

 

And, a direct link to the article:

http://695quarterly.com/3-1/kit-cool-new-devices-for-boom-operators/

 

David

[Rick Reineke]

And why are they dressed like that?

[VASI]

And why are they dressed like that?

 

Like a boss

[Mirror]

In the mirror is the evil Goody Proctor.  Or is it Nurse Ratched?

[Olle Sjostrom]

They got some serious swag. Probably French. No other can carry gear like that. Looking good.

[studiomprd]

RR: " And why are they dressed like that? "

they are working at a formal event.

BTW: there is another alternative: http://www.rabbitav.com/rabbitav/About_the_Cuemaster.html

Actually Les Driver, Lightwave, originally designed a prototype system like this.

Edited January 11, 2014 by studiomprd

[Patrick Blache]

I'm french,i own and use a lot the "Kit Cool" but i never carry gear like that .

;o)

[Marc Wielage]

Info here:

 

http://atscomms.com/Sales/Products/CoolCam/Kit_Cool/kit_cool.html

[RPSharman]

I like his other bag. Very Indiana Jones.

[TJW]

I am pretty certain that is the french sound recordist Yves Capus. If so, he doesn't always dress like that. His pics are at:

 

http://www.perchman.com/albums/index.php?alb=12&PHPSESSID=5487ab59db0ca5710a031c1f8443d562

 

Tim

[rich]

i dont know Tim. i though that looked like MIck Duffield,

[Chris Campion]

http://www.billingham.co.uk/pages/index.php

very popular with the camera types.

I like his other bag. Very Indiana Jones.

[Sebben]

Thanks for the responses! I will check out the device.

The photo was taken at a theatre project in Edinburgh,Scotland called the salon project.

Hence the the nice attire.

http://www.untitledprojects.co.uk/projects/the-salon-project

 

The Bag is a billingham. 

 

[Boom Audio Video]

Hello, 

 

It is Kit Cool, microphone boom pole holder.

 

This unique support offers total freedom, moving forward and back, and rotating around its own axis for precise microphone positioning. Kit Cool enables single handed and full operation of the boom pole on the move. The other hand is free to operate the mixer, or to hold the support when using a long pole. Now the Kit Cool is regularly used in movies studios, video industry, TV films, magazines and news worldwide. The Kit Cool allows a fishpole to be supported by one hand, even overhead.

Weight: 450grs

 

All component parts for Kit Cool are available: roller cradle, tube, belt clip, shoulder strap, four foam wheels. Body harness is optionnal.

 

Kit Cool is guaranted for one year with the exception of foam wheels. Kit Cool is patented and made under licence by our firm Boom Audio & Video - France

 

You can have more information on our website : boomaudiovideo.com

 

[Anne Carol]

Is the cool kit still available anywhere ?  I would like to buy one !

Thanks for all the informations ;-)

[Bems]

On 3/12/2019 at 2:29 PM, Anne Carol said:

Is the cool kit still available anywhere ?  I would like to buy one !

Thanks for all the informations 😉

Is there a current product alternative ? 

[DanieldH]

There is the boom buddy boom swinger. I never used or seen one in action.

[igomarsound]

13 hours ago, DanieldH said:

There is the boom buddy boom swinger. I never used or seen one in action.

i have one... not the most used part of my equipment i must admit

[DanieldH]

The reason these things are not widely seen maybe that the flexibility payoff is not worth the mitigation.

 

[Gimborano]

Maybe Kortwich in Berlin has something similar:

http://www.filmtontechnik.de/kortwich-produkte/boomholder/

[BAB414]

https://www.locationsound.com/oisphoot-boom-uperator-lightweight-boom-pole-support-system-7184

 

Just heard about this one. Did a 20 minute take yesterday followed by a 15 minute take, both at 15' extension, with no support. This is how this director and this actor roll, and while it is killing me physically, I want to respect the actor's process. Anyone have experience with the Uperator?

[berniebeaudry]

The device you linked to looks like a modified rifle support monopod.  I do something similar with a modified inexpensive monopod.  I go to the ground though, I don't use it at my waist.  Its great for on the fly interviews that go on for a long time.  If you don't have to move too much that might help.  Or it looks like it would be simple to rig up some sort of strap for the monopod I use.