Hey S! Hope all is well :) I am so sorry to hear that YT has blocked all your vms :( I have broken the replay button to watch your edits. Jalte diye was my favourite. Being a follower of your content, this is disappointing. I think it's high time that short videos are allowed . Especially because they do a pretty shoddy job of taking down other content. I loved your latest post on the tech aspects of a shoot. Your the film guru for a lot of us, so please share more snippets. Love, Rdx.
Hello dear Rdx,
Yeah that was heartbreaking yaar. But I've decided to refocus and not feel too bad. I'll make sure to set up a way for everyone to see the vms again - and as bachpan ka yaar rights you'll have access ;) Thank you for always giving me love.
I know I sent them a lengthy mail but of course I didn't receive any reply.
Omg you're so kind and sweet! I promise every now and then if I come across anything in IPK I will definitely make a post on it.
Last I saw was this one:
(click the image to see it closer)
So that is a type of Boom Mike used to capture the audio recorded during filming. According to Google: A boom mic has a highly directional polar pattern and is positioned at the end of a boom pole. These mics are staples in film and video. They are highly directional (pick up sound where they point to and reject off-axis sounds). Boom mics are often held by an operator, making them movable during a performance.
So multiple kinds of audio are captured while recording - the actors have a personal small mike fitted in their clothes, a boom mike like the one above to capture their dialogues as well as background noise (such as keep the fork on the table, pulling a chair and so on).
So in the shot above, the boom mike accidentally came into the shot that was missed by both the editor and DOP. It was fun spotting a mike in the scene. You'd be surprised how small the camera view is and how close boom mikes are to the actors or scene.
Also those who operate boom mikes are called boom operators :) Usually they wear headphones so they can listen and understand if the audio is sound or not.
Love,
- Soapy




















