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make every on-camera microphone practical; getting a lot of help from Property Master Matthew Cavaliero. In addition to the practical microphone recordings, an added lav and/or overhead mic provided multiple options for post. For most of the show, overhead wireless booms danced between multiple cameras shooting multiple angles and lavs were placed on everyone. For Cheney, Bale's performance touted a low voice coupled by him burying his chin into his neck. The actor also went through nearly one hundred costume changes. Sound used either a Sanken COS-11D underneath a necktie or a Countryman B6 through a button hole in the absence of one. When George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell) entered the picture, a similar mic'ing strategy was put in place. One scene that did challenge sound was a walk and talk between Bush and Cheney at the Bush family home. The short stroll takes place right after Cheney accepts the VP position. Bush's costume entailed a very scratchy shirt and a tight-fitting hat. Needing to place a lav on Bush as the frame was very wide, Rockwell suggested putting the mic underneath the hat. "It's something we normally don't do. Not only because of the weight of the transmitter on the actor's head but the lav can affect how that hat fits," says Novick. "But since Sam suggested it, we didn't think twice about it." Another challenge was recreating the interview between ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz and