I worked on some reshoots for a show a couple of years
ago. Two cameras, two actors. Medium close-up of both.
The Production Mixer and I agreed that using two booms
was the way to go. We thought we
turned in quality tracks. A week
later, the Production Mixer was
inundated with questions from
post, asking, "Where are the ISO's?"
To which the Mixer replied, "Those
are the ISO's!" Post said, no, the
ISO's should be the wireless mics!
That was the redundancy that they
were looking for because that's
what they've been used to.
So, as we move forward in our
ongoing daily attempts to capture
the performances with whatever
means necessary, the key will
always be clarity of the spoken
word, of course. That said, with my
possibly dinosaur-ish affection for
the boom track, I know what I'll be lobbying for.
Roll sound!
MPTF was the safety
net I didn't know I
needed until I did.
Alex Aguilar, Jr.
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