William Hirsch Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) This is a serious problem. Serious. With the utmost sincerity. I feel like I need to wash out my ears with soap after some of the things they say. What to do? Should I hit them with the boom or just stick it in their mouth? Would that make it worse? Edited November 12, 2015 by William Hirsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark kirchner Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 William, Do not resort to violence. Use the side or rear rejection (of the microphone). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Start crying! Our laughing maniacally. Skickat från min E5823 via Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 The Director keeps walking over to my boom op and whispers sweet nothings directly into the mic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Flowers Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 The Director keeps walking over to my boom op and whispers sweet nothings directly into the mic Two options: record what is said and use it later, perhaps via a playback unit, to cause maximum embarrassment. Or take one for the team: it's one way to get work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 So telling him/her you don't want him/her (why isn't there a better word for that?) to doesn't do the trick? Then that douche is a douche. I'd probably just ignore and don't give it too much attention. That's what I do when my kids are being douches. They get tired right away and quit it. If he/she still doesn't quit I'd just probably just ask him /her to stop it, because it's so annoying and you have other things to focus on. Gently, of course. If that doesn't change things then try getting mad. Say that you're a professional and you need your working environment to be cool and respectful. You don't go over to the director whispering things to him /her, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Just swallow your frustration over at the craft service table like every other mixer. Ever wonder why we're so fat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 This is a serious problem. Serious. With the utmost sincerity. I feel like I need to wash out my ears with soap after some of the things they say. What to do? Should I hit them with the boom or just stick it in their mouth? Would that make it worse? Roll with it. Depends on who is whispering what, such as my friend in the picture who can whisper anything she wants for as long as she wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Just swallow your frustration over at the craft service table like every other mixer. Ever wonder why we're so fat? What I have no idea what you're talking about, I say as I take the last of the bagel bites from crafty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Vomit every time in to a handy bucket........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Vomit every time in to a handy bucket........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate C Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I married the last person who did this. She was an extra and the producers sister. Now she is my beautiful wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 ... The last person to throw up in a handy bucket? Skickat från min E5823 via Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Record it and playback at wrap party or just ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I did a film with a director who insisted on talking to the actors throughout every shot. After a couple of days, I asked my boomswinger to swing the mic over to the director when he talked during the shots - my reasoning was that it was probably the only thing that I could record well, since there would be director speaking over the actors. I didnt make any issue otherwise on the set. After the second set of rushes done in this way the director miraculously stopped talking during the shots. Kindest, sb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I did a film with a director who insisted on talking to the actors throughout every shot. After a couple of days, I asked my boomswinger to swing the mic over to the director when he talked during the shots - my reasoning was that it was probably the only thing that I could record well, since there would be director speaking over the actors. I didnt make any issue otherwise on the set. After the second set of rushes done in this way the director miraculously stopped talking during the shots. Kindest, sb Ah very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atheisticmystic Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 I married the last person who did this. She was an extra and the producers sister. Now she is my beautiful wife. Wow, sound peep dreams really do come true. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McL Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 If what they're saying is harassment (and that's a wider term than I used to think after having taken training classes) and makes you uncomfortable, a word to a supervisor may be said. "Hostile work environment" is the term d'art. Much prefer settling creatively as others have outlined so entertainingly well. To the fellow who managed to rub against and touch me suggestively while being wired I whispered while grasping his hand, "Touch me like that again and I'll break your fingers, darling." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 To the fellow who managed to rub against and touch me suggestively while being wired I whispered while grasping his hand, "Touch me like that again and I'll break your fingers, darling." Bloody hell really Jan? Has that happened much in your career? Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Okay today it's gone from sultry things to just bad puns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is that up or down? Skickat från min E5823 via Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is that up or down? Skickat från min E5823 via Tapatalk Honestly I don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Okay today it's gone from sultry things to just bad puns. Sounds like you've moved from 'Dating' into 'Marriage' - at this rate, I would just wait for the divorce to come through Monday or Tuesday. Try to have a nice weekend! Jez xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Hirsch Posted November 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Sounds like you've moved from 'Dating' into 'Marriage' - at this rate, I would just wait for the divorce to come through Monday or Tuesday. Try to have a nice weekend! Jez xxx Just my luck this happens to land on friday the 13th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah Sheets Posted November 14, 2015 Report Share Posted November 14, 2015 Whatever you do, don't ask them not to. They'll assume you're kidding. Seriously.I used to tune live PAs regularly and have a nice Class 1 measurement microphone (used it for studios and anechoic speaker testing as well). I would often get people that I could tell wanted to walk up and jokingly say "testing check one two", so I would preemptively tell them "don't talk into that it's very sensitive equipment". Sure enough, that was the trigger they needed to spit right into my microphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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