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MICROPHONE BOOM OPERATOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A long moveable arm used to manipulate a microphone in a radio, motion picture or television studio.

CONT

Either the microphone will be worn by the announcer or it will be on a boom.... He will trust... the boom operator who positions the mike above his head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Radiodiffusion
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Support mobile du microphone, pendant le tournage d'un film, une émission de télévision.

Spanish

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