JonG Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 That’s a kind of interior design that some of us here might be ok with lol! ——————————- Medium S01E15 apparently the actors playing boom ops didn’t understand that the mic should be pointed AT the person talking and not just wherever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted July 1 Author Report Share Posted July 1 A bit of a departure from the usual shenanigans. I’m watching this Netflix true crime show, and all the interview segments are framing so wide that they literally have lights visible for most of the time, but still see fit to have the boom so high above the subject that it would basically be useless. I’m sure that the sound mixer objected at this clearly aesthetic choice on the part of production, but seriously, the fact that these interviews only use seconds at a time of the video portions, they really should prioritize the boom. It just makes my mind explode that someone would hinge the quality of their production on such a trivial aesthetic. 🤯 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted July 2 Report Share Posted July 2 I don’t get why, if they are going for the bts vibe and showing equipment, they don’t just put the mic where it should be and show it crossing frame? Makes no sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted July 2 Report Share Posted July 2 My guess is, the light stands and the hanging light look quite industrial and kind of look like they belong on that place and most viewers won’t recognise them as film gear. The mic does still look out of place and not really industrial, so I can kind of understand that choice. Still, they could have done that as b-roll and then move in closer for the actual interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Sjostrom Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 Could be that the light casts a real nasty shadow on the subject’s face. Sure they could remedy that, but then the industrial look, as Constantin says, would be “moot”.. It sure looks like the mic is lit in such a way that if it were any farther down there would be a shadow. Some hot young DP with a bunch of cool lights has been told not to give sound an inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungo Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz. Neumann Mic set to Cardioid, Neumann sign 180 degrees away from singer ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted July 23 Report Share Posted July 23 Ha, that’s not cardioid Mungo, that’s just Lenny’s special heart shaped omni setting! Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonG Posted August 8 Author Report Share Posted August 8 Veronica Mars S3E3 College radio program scene with hosts and guests using LDC side adresse mics as if they were EV RE20’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantin Posted August 13 Report Share Posted August 13 On 8/8/2023 at 11:31 AM, JonG said: Veronica Mars S3E3 College radio program scene with hosts and guests using LDC side adresse mics as if they were EV RE20’s I can’t even count anymore the number of times I‘ve corrected this on sets I worked on. But a second before we start rolling some prop person walks by and „oh this is wrong“ changes it back and we roll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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