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Production sound & field recording · Working

Boom microphone

ELI5

A microphone positioned on a pole above, below or beside the action.

Used in conversation

“Can we test the boom microphone on set before the take?”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Boom microphone” in sound, music & voice conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains dialogue, effects, atmosphere, music, voice and the technical work of making them intelligible.

Connected terms

  • MicrophoneBoom microphone is a narrower kind of Microphone.
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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.