Filmmaking Tips: Making The Most of a Boom Mic - SMAPP Series

A tutorial covering the basic boom mic set up—when to boom, how to boom, where to boom.

0:10 Working with a boom
0:22 On camera shotgun mic
0:31 Boom mic set ups
0:45 Recording sounds with moving objects
1:04 Capturing visuals and audio
1:13 Building a boom mic kit
1:15 Boom pole types (carbon fiber vs aluminum boom pole)
1:38 Telescoping length
1:53 Cabled boom poles
2:16 Shockmounts
2:54 Windscreens
3:21 Blimp windscreen
3:32 Furry windshield or windmuff
3:52 Techniques for operating a boom mic
5:36 Boom mic tips

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[Iwanaplayonline]

Down to the point and no unnecessary bs. Thanks a lot for this video !

[directorhafiz]

This is my best boom mic video on YT. Hello from Ghana

[shaka-surf]

This is an excellent series. Thank you so much for posting.

[yannickp]

very ubiquitous, but often overlooked when starting out. thank you.

[ards.]

So informative. Thank you for the video

[YoungBlaze]

Can you please tell me what is that called on top of the stand thats holdin the boom pole, i have a stand like that but i need to know whats the thing that sits on top and can you link me to it on amazon

[Filmmaker]

Great video. Any kit you could list please would be amazing. Looking for a small profile boom mic stand etc.

[CliffFennell]

wow learned things that made me think twice how to conduct audio. Who would give this a thumbs down!?

[StarvingArtistsCourses]

Thank you for this informative vid! Can you post the links of the Boom Stand and pole used in this video?

[alsananick]

What's the point of shot gun mics in movie sets if all sounds are to be created in post production? Is it for a reference?

[rosspeterson]

is there an ideal distance if you could have any distance?

[pawechrustek]

Hi, Thanks for valuable video! have one question - what mic you used for this video? it sounds very nice.

[Masco_network]

What about the intro part the Lady was talking and the mic is in the frame