Boom Microphones

1. Warm Up
 Describe lavalier, boom, and wireless
microphones.
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2. Boom Microphones
Interactive Notebook – page 50
TEKS 11Bv Understanding various
microphones based upon type and
pickup patterns.

3. Boom Microphones
Types of Boom Microphones
 Handheld shotgun
 Fishpole Boom
 The giraffe or tripod boom
 The big or perambulator boom

4. Handheld & Fishpole Boom
 The most common ways of using the
boom mike in small studio productions
or in the field are to hold it by hand or
to suspend it from a fishpole boom.

5. Fishpole Boom
 A fishpole boom is an extendible metal
pole that lets you mount a shotgun
mike. It is used mostly outdoors but can
be used in a studio.
 Fishpoles are relatively easy to handle
but using long fishpoles can be tiring.

6. Giraffe Boom
 Also called the tripod boom.
 A small boom used by most studios.
 An extendable horizontal boom arm
that is mounted on a tripod dolly.

7. The Big Boom
 Also called the Perambulator Boom.
 Used in large studio production.
 Requires two operators.
 A boom operator who works the
microphone boom
 The dolly operator who helps reposition the
whole boom assembly.