microphone boom
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkrəˌfoʊn buːm/
- Specialized
:
brazo de micrófono
- Microphone booms
Examples
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And so I found something that's more like a microphone boom arm, much like what I use for podcasting, but instead it has an iPhone mount.
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Full of jump cuts, repetition, shots of the microphone boom, and a sequence with a dog hair on the lens.
Fiction book (1994) -
The sound technician adjusted the microphone boom to capture the actors' dialogue without entering the shot.
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To ensure clear audio, the crew positioned the microphone boom high above the stage, out of sight of the cameras.
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During the filming, the director instructed the assistant to move the microphone boom closer to the singer's voice.
Synonyms
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6.1
A long horizontal pole used on a boat or to hold a microphone
How Long
39
6.1
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'boom' as a long bar or pole combined with 'microphone' yields the pole used to hold a microphone. This noun-noun compound follows a common and cross-linguistically familiar modifier-head pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended referent (despite other senses of 'boom' in different contexts).
Etymology
Microphone boom combines microphone and boom, where boom means a long pole, so you can picture a long arm holding the mic above actors. It names the pole used to hold a microphone above a film or TV set so the mic is 'out of view of the camera'.