Boom Operator

The boom is a long pole with a microphone on the one end. The boom operator holds the microphone above the actors’ heads to recorder what they are saying.

A. Many people are involved in film making. Read what each person says about his/her job; fill in the missing words from the brackets into the gaps. Match the description with the name of the job.

- Production coordinator

- Continuity girl

- Stunt man

- Clapperboard man

- Sound editor

- Location manager

a) I have to add atmosphere to the original dialogue in order to create a fuller, richerof_ _________. For example, when a character rides in the rain, I can theof thunder to add an extra dimension. All these effects, which include teacups clinking on saucers and fires cracking, have to be recorded on a, which is called the “footsteps_________”, so when the film is sold to other countries, they can on the dialogue in their own language, without loosing all the sound effects.

(dub, lay the sound, texture of sound, separate track, track)

b) I should build up contact between theand the and_______. It’s my job to book all the hotel rooms we need during filming (and re-book them when the changes!), to organize car hire, medicals, insurance. I distribute and, __________rewrites, schedules, movement orders. On the social side, I am the only one who has the information about everyone’s birth dates – so I organize the birthday cakes!

(script, production team, crew, cast, crew list, schedule, cast)

c) I’m often called a script, but in fact I am a second pair of eyes and ears for the director. I’m there in the and, taking notes of any action or dialogue changes and the camera moves. On the the director will give an idea of the _______he wants, so I make a note of each one – a here or a panning there. I make notes for the film editor, listing which ‘’ the director wants to use and why; this helps the editor to see quickly what we’ve.

(“takes”, filming, shot, supervisor, rehearsals, a close-up, shot, set, shots)

d) Some of the tricks require real skills of an acrobat, so I was employed to perform several ___________as afor the leading actor. For me it wasn’t the first experience of jumping from a high cliff onto a passing-by boat, through there’s always an element of risk in it.

(stand-in, stunts)

e) We will be filming in our for six weeks, for both and _________scenes, so everything has to be very special. We would be making a lot of demands on it. We need a drawing room, dining room, library, large hall, staircase, landings and three bedrooms, as well as extensive gardens. Some need a helping hand: for example, one of the location owners has mowed a part of the lawn so it has modern strips on it. I’ll have to _________ this with an instant hedge.

(disguise, interior, main location, exterior, shots)

f) During the filming I might suggest a way the may be extended or improved, as through the eye I see everything that is being filmed. Perhaps, I’ll ask to alter the composition, i.e. for furniture or to be moved slightly to make a better. The can be hand-held but is usually on tripod or a ‘dolly’, a little truck on wheels that can be moved on a smooth floor, specially laid boards or a track, rather like a railway line, so that the can ‘walk’ beside actors as they move.

(camera, shot, camera, mounted, props, picture, camera)

g) My job requires accuracy and precision. I the film, put marks on the ground for the actors so they always hit the right spot during the scene and, when the camera is rolling, announce the scene and shot and bang the clapper, so that sound and could be synchronized.

(vision, load, board)

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