Improperly used mics in movies and TV

[The Immoral Mr Teas]

 

A spot of mild genius from the model builders here I think. The second picture isn't framed as well but show the mic clearly to be a DIN plug. So he's talking into the wrong end COMPLETELY ?!!

 

Come on then Rado, tell me when it's perfectly legitimate to address the cable end ...

 

Jez

 

 

[Wandering Ear]

On 12/14/2023 at 12:17 AM, Olle Sjostrom said:

OK but here's a weird one. This is actually a TV show that use LDCs for its primary sound, so it's basically a good looking video podcast, with actual camera operators and such, not like a Joe Rogan type deal. It's a Swedish show. I just think it's weird that they choose to have the mics like that. It's almost uncanny valley. I mean I like the sound of it, it sounds great, but there's a big disconnect with what I'm used to seeing as a TV viewer.

 

 

I actually kind of like this.  I don't mind the aesthetic of seeing the mics on the table, and they don't block the faces.   

[Olle Sjostrom]

But it's a weird crossover. Is it a podcast or a TV show? Do they want to be able to act as both? Hm

[JonG]

Walker Texas Ranger (original series), radio DJ talking into an EV RE20 as a side address mic 🤣

 

[DanieldH]

 

What is going on in the first photo?

Found on Ambients website

[Bouke]

21 minutes ago, DanieldH said:

What is going on in the first photo?

What is unclear about that?
Pic shows very well that it is Corona Era, and that vaccinations give superpowers to the arm getting the dose.
Have you been living under a rock?
 

 

[The Immoral Mr Teas]

42 minutes ago, Bouke said:

... and that vaccinations give superpowers to the arm getting the dose.

 

Or for us getting the super early bird experimental 'Boris' vaccine, the dose arm immediately withers and dies!

 

J

[DanieldH]

Where is the boom resting on? Or what?

[Olle Sjostrom]

You know it might actually be just a coincidence... I've done that too on occasion when my foremost arm is tired that I just very briefly hold the boom with the back hand and let my foremost hand down, shake it a bit and then up again. I can do that maybe for a second, not more, of course. But it looks cool in that brief second...

[Richtrohr]

Perfect for capturing wind and clipping membranes!

 

(official Sennheiser press photo from the German MKH 8030 product page)

[Olle Sjostrom]

...and to record the thud of the stand falling down from a wave or a gale.

[JonG]

I have a feeling that this dynamic mic facing the ceiling away from the presenter wasn’t very effective. 
 

[Paul F]

Volvo ad. CEO showing off the strength of the truck's hook. Boom operator agrees to hang in the air to capture some sounds coming from somewhere to the right.