The new stories can be funny too (although many of them aren’t), but they’re not like the old ones. The old stories weren’t as obviously funny as the new ones, so I think a lot of people miss out on what makes them funny.
Oh well– that’s their loss.

Owen Kuemerle:

So when you use a boom mic, its pur­pose is to pick up on the actors talk­ing and the sounds of their phys­i­cal actions. This will ulti­mately lead to reduc­tion in ambient/​background noise because shot­gun mics are highly direc­tional. Mount­ing the mic on the cam­era will give you a wider area where sound can be picked up and as a result, it will also give you ambient/​background noise. The down­side to this is the talk­ing qual­ity will be lower and the phys­i­cal sounds that the actors make will be less pro­nounced unless you have the cam­era fairly close to the shot. You will want to record a minute or so of background/​ambient noise to mix in with shots that used a boom mic because oth­er­wise it will sound awk­ward with that lack of back­ground noise.
Another thing to con­sider is that it will require a ded­i­cated sound per­son and you have to make sure that mic doesn’t get in your shots.

Thanks for the insight. I’m going to definitely try one out for my next movie, which should be coming out in April so I’ll tell you how it goes.

Another thing to consider is that it will require a dedicated sound person and you have to make sure that mic doesn’t get in your shots.

Since I’ve been looking into boom mikes for my films, in your opinion, how much of an advantage does a boom mike offer in comparison to a standard mounted shotgun mike?

The reason for why I ask is because I can see a boom mike making my shooting sessions a whole lot more complicated, but if the audio quality advantages are worthwhile, I wouldn’t mind using them.