What You Need to Be a Boom Operator | A Day in the Life of a Pro
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 25. 02. 2021
- This is a very special episode of Sound 101 featuring Allen from Sound Speeds! Check out his channel here: / @soundspeeds
Allen is also a professional boom operator for countless awesome shows and movies. Andrew and Allen talk us through what you need to be a boom operator! This is a day in the life of a pro, with great detail about what gear you need to get started in the audio world.
Even though Allen is a working professional, these tips apply to anyone who is just getting started too. We talk through the bare essentials and then move on to the full range of pro audio gear that boom operators need on set. We also explain how a classic 3 person sound team works on these types of sets.
If you want to be a boom operator, sound mixer, or sound utility, you will learn something from this video! How to get a job in pro audio is always tough, but having the right gear is the perfect place to start.
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Do you want to see more videos like this?
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@@sebapiedra-cueva1928 Noted! More to come
Yup, more Allen! đ
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Yep, definitely
@SoundSpeeds is a rockstar. Wonderful guy and a fountain of knowledge. Our community is all the better for having people like him in it.
Not only is Allen a great guy, heâs also the Bill Nye of all things sound !
Incredible guy/incredible channel!
Your check is in the mail Andre.
I don't know why I didn't watch this when you guys released it, especially since Allen is featured in the video. This is the real types of video we need.
I am a sound boom operator in the Spanish community in NYC and I do all 3 position's when we work in production mode because of the low budgets that they have all the time.
Hey - you did it! Thanks very much team, appreciate the content
great content as always, cheers!
Just found this channel, you guys have already given me droves of useful information, keep it up!
Very educational, thanks for sharing! I appreciated all the explanations
Thank you so much I learned a lot of things you didn't know. Thank you again
Allen is always ready đȘ
All the thing have been great!
I actually worked on set with Allen when I first started acting! He's so cool!!
Thatâs nice setup
Thank you
Awesome!!! I love booming!!
Love Allen!!!
Wow. Very kool
Thanks đđđ
This guy loves his job
Using a Deity Connect Wireless Lav... What's the best lav upgrade with at least a slightly smaller capsule. Using when I host a weekly Amazon Live stream.
Nice collab guys always love the vids you all killing it and you are giving audio the respect it disservice much love from Australia and I just got a deity wireless interview kit grate bit of kit btw thank you
This is dope!!! Iâm showing this to my students!!! Thanks!!!
I learned a new word too!!! Anemometer!!!
So did we! đ
And I thought I made it up. ;-)
@@SoundSpeeds Allen, would you be interested in guess speaking, via zoom, to my students? I teach photography, filmmaking, and broadcasting/streaming to high school students. Iâm in the L.A. area. Thanks for your consideration.
@@mrheng562 I would be glad to. Shoot me an email. It's on my CZcams channel.
@@SoundSpeeds , yessir!!!
Currently I have 2 deity s mic 2s , soon will get the long version. Thinking on the wireless set đ€š.
Always wireless when you're able to get it!
#mailbag Hi Andrew, Iâve been using the V.lav for quite sometime now and I always encounter a static noise whenever I plug it in a Zoom H1N recorder, am I missing something? Iâm using the lav because I donât want to use the built in mic of the recorder. Thanks!
Robocup is always a great investment.
#mailbag As someone who is just starting out CZcams who is on a budget, it is really worth it to buy a cheaper recorder like the zoom H1n to use with a D3 mic or do I just stick with the cameraâs preamps for audio?
OK! 1stly, very glad to see Allen here. 2ndly, question/advice, in another comment so I don't mess this one up lol
#mailbox how do I lessen the cloth rustle and when to know if the rustles are editable or not.
@8:13 it wouldn't be an Allen Williams video without an advert for Zipfizz!
I just realized, you're the guy they used as the location sound mixer for the zoom f4 introduction.
Correct. Before Deity Andrew worked as a product development consultant for Zoom.
How to get a hat and a t short you wear ?
#mailbag I've jumped down the Deity rabbit hole this week watching all your videos, what a great experience. I'd love to see your take on professional audio monitoring in different circumstances. How would you approach a studio vs. live performance? How would you overcome latency issues? I appreciate the effort put into every video; such professional work.
Extremely resilient arms..
If I'm on a budget the best way to record spoken word in windy conditions is using a lav mic (under a shirt or something) amirite? Cuz wind protection for SDCs is expensive... Is that right? Any other tips, that will help me record in windy conditions? #mailbag
also, also also... how will the v lav sound if I plug it directly into my camera? Is the signal hot enough if I turn down the preamp gain all the way in the camera? I have an eos m btw
#mailbag I have seen that metal arm before. It looks like a fantastic bit of kit. Who makes it?
#mailbag
So I just decided to start my career as a Boom Op and you guys are really helping me with gathering crucial information about this stuff. So my question is:
What exactly Boom Operator hears in his headphones? Does he has his own recorder/mixer where he plugs his boom mic, hears it from there and then sends the signal to a mixer? Or has he just a wireless sender that he can hear the signal from? Or just a wireless receiver to get the signal from Sound Mixer and plugs his Boom through cable to a Sound Mixer's gear? What solution is most common?
I ask this question not only because I am intrigued and want to know the answer but also I really really want to win this cap. It's very cool.
Thanks for this videos and channel I really appreciate your work!
Hey I bought the V-Mic D3 and within a year it no longer worked on its own, it works when being fed phantom power but the battery internally doesn't hold a charge, I loved the mic but used it only a handful of times and never in like a wet environment and as far as I know didn't drop anytime. It's not in warranty or anything just seeing if it's a loss or if I can resurrect this bad boy!
Did you feed phantom power into the TRS jack?
So when do you guys start refueling the planes?
When it's needed for the shot
I would have liked to see the bottom of Allen's caddy. Is it on rollers or does it have tripod-like legs?
I too love the Robo cups and find them very useful on a film set.
The caddy itself has a round aluminum base and there's a 5 wheel base it fits on below that. 5 smooth roller blade wheel casters (www.rockler.com/translucent-skate-wheel-casters-non-locking) and then the two layers are binder clipped together. If I want to remove the base and make it lighter for when I don't need the wheels, I can. I can also remove the center plate from the base, add an umbrella weighted base and it'll hold a Sportbrella XL. Check out this video for more info: czcams.com/video/tbVqIpdTGLs/video.html
@@SoundSpeeds Thank you so much! The video you shared was very enlightening.
@@SoundSpeeds what do you do when out on location? (rough terrain)
What are the best headphones for boom operator. Are they open back or closed back headphones.. great video as always
I'd say open so you could hear the director/teammates when the microphone doesn't pick em up
Closed back for isolation so that you only hear what your mic is hearing which can help you tell if non-dialog noises are interfering with the take.
#mailbag G'day, as a film student who has just invested in some kit, and is looking to get more, what would you recommend as their next investment: a TC generator or a wireless system?
6:34 Am I the only one who has to think of Ken Nightingall at this point? :D
#mailbag I really appreciate your Videos, in which you collaborate with many different people from the industry! One of my most favorite videos is the one on how to wire different outfits for women and men. In that episode we get a good look at how you communicate with the talent. However, the actors seemed very calm and focused, a scenario that often doesn't work out like that on commercial shoots with inexperienced customers that maybe get in front of the camera for the first time and may be quite distracted by that fact, their script, their product... How do you approach someone like that with a lav-mic? How do you check your mic in the middle of the shoot (especially on a talent of different gender)? How do you handle them dropping the transmitter and reseating it themselves with cables dangling now all over the place and introducing noise? - All those scenarios one easily gets overwhelmed with on set, both the talent and yourself the sound person.
So wait? A Sound utility actually has their own cart and equipment that they bring? I thought the mixer supplied all of that stuff assuming its a full 3 person sound team. What specific stuff would a UST bring that a mixer wouldn't have?
It is the mixer's gear but the utility uses it and is responsible for it
hi Andrew #mailbag , just got the smic2 and I am looking for the most suitable rycote blimp and deadcat. Which one are you recommending ? Ive checked the deity 3rd part recommended accessories.
Allen tested a series of windscreen / deadcats, perhaps it helps: czcams.com/video/O9ccML1nC1w/video.html
@@peterslegers6121 Thanks for the link
#MAILBAG : I recently bought Sennheiser HD 206 (studio headphone)
is this headphone worth buying now as a studio headphone, I'm on a very budget.
also it has very low volume when connected to smartphones
I wish you referenced pictures of what he was talking about sooner there could've been way more as it's really hard to kind of see what he's talking about without knowing what he's talking about.
@1:07 Just me or did that sound cart have a flux capacitor?
It does indeed. The sound mixer is a huge Back To The Future fan
Can you please tell how connect one mic to two phones to get different angles
Hey a mixer with multiple outputs
@@DeityMicrophones thanks
#mailbag where can I get the caddy Allen has, and can you do a video on the sound utility position? Never been on a set that has that.
My boom caddy was custom made by Jay Dozer of Metal Dozer in Atlanta.
@@SoundSpeeds thanks!
#mailbag hey, whatâs the most compromisable and affordable mic for indoor and outdoor use?
Deity S-Mic 2
Dear sir home studio making equipment
#mailbag âą ok! So I know how to properly boom, I what things to get to make my sound cart the 2nd best place to be on Set (1st being Crafty). Now what about hearing what I'm recording? Can you guys give us 3-5 headphones ranging from "Broke Community College Student" to "Blossoming Professional" to help us not only look good on Set but also hear the great sound coming from our Deity microphones?
#Mailbox when will deity launch a wireless lav mic lang Rode wireless go II?
#MAILBAG : I'm the only one sick and tired of pro tools? how can be still a standard while is the only one daw that crash often at everybody?
Did he say what caddy he has? Zuca?
Oh no... custom made by the great MetalDozer (Jason Dozer) to my specs.
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@@DeityMicrophones Hope You Found The Community Post
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what would happen if you get sick and have to sneeze :c
Guess you're gonna have to do ADR... LMAO
#mailbag how to choose a good microphone ?
so this guy just showed us his pencil cases..sandwich boxes and make up purse.
Whatever that means
I have a problem that maybe you can help with. I don't have a Deity hat.
We got you Allen
I have the same problem... #IGot99ProblemsAndNoDeityHatIsOne ... LOL đ
Sunscreen is not greasy at least that's what I've been told my entire life and I still can't stand it.
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Omg stop interrupting Alan .
It may have cut to him, but I was still talking. :-)
@@SoundSpeeds lmao!!!!