boom microphone

sound instrument
Also known as: boom mike

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Arzner

  • In Dorothy Arzner: Early life and work

    …which she created the “boom mike,” a long pole with a microphone attached that followed the actors around but remained out of camera range, thus giving the actors a mobility that had been prohibited by the stationary microphones previously used. The film, which starred Bow, was also innovative in…

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