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Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/20/05 02:58
"nobody special" wrote ...
>I swear to you I have seen BBC news talent use the mics upside-down. In
> fact, it drew my attention because the reporter or anchor was using a
> double-mic setup with two small lavs side by side on a tie bar type
> mounting on the lapel, and I could see the wires were running *up
> before curving away behind the lapel, instead of down from the capsules
> then around. I mentioned it in another forum, and an older guy who did
> some work in England said yes, it wasn't unusual at all, for the
> reasons already stated, having to do with picking up too much air from
> the mouth and nose.
Last time that was mentioned, someone opined that it was necessary
because these days the newsreaders, interviewers and guests on the
BBC seem to be talking out of their @$$ [well, let's just say, their nether-
regions].
OTOH, I shot something last week where I dearly wish my assistant
had put the lav mic on the talent upside-down. The little foam "wind-
screen" fell off and I've got a bunch of LF transients to remove from the
sound-track now.
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