Re: Theater....Wireless Mics..... The Maddness.... Tips? Help?
The mic on the hairline and the mic on the glasses are not bad places to put a mic. But, there is always a but, in this case the but is, this means that you now had different tonality between the ear set mics that are closer to the mouth and the other mics that are farther away from the actors mouth. And also since they are different type of mics they sound different in and of themselves regardless of placement. I have mixed and matched different mics and placements every once in a while. They are usually best used when you can put each type of mic in its own subgroup and EQ each subgroup for the specific mics in them.
I assume that all of the mics, ear set and lav are omni directional. The aiming of an omni is almost irrelevant. On glasses aiming out and at the hairline aiming out if just fine, an omni doesn’t care. If you have noticed on TV lately a lot of times you will see the mics are worn facing down instead of at the persons mouth.
You will also have different levels between the ear set mics and the others. In general if 2 actors are close to each other (with the same placement of the mics) you may need to use only one mic for both of them at times. And this can become even more critical with a mic farther away from their mouth.
So you directors aren’t as crazy as you think. Keep in mind that what you think of someone will affect how you interact or treat them.
You will very rarely see the ear set boom mics used on Broadway. But also their sound systems are probably using about a million dollars in gear.
