The boom microphone has been used to record dialogue on a film set for decades. As a boom operator it can be difficult in certain situations to acquire an ideal placement for the boom microphone. It depends on the frame and the lighting on the set. There are situations where the boom operator is forced to place the microphone underneath the actors instead of the standard overhead position. To investigate the difference between these techniques, and what audio quality attributes that affect the viewers’ choice of preference, a listening test has been constructed. The subjects were instructed to choose preferences in four trials of stimuli that had been recorded with both microphone techniques. To collect further data the subjects were also instructed to describe the differences they perceived between the stimuli. A statistically significant result was not found, except for one of the trials, the trained listeners preferred the underneath microphone technique for the second female stimuli. A difference between the techniques was difficult to determine from the answers given by the subjects. The conclusion was made that there is not a clear preference between the microphone techniques. Even though one of the trials was significant a clear difference could not be found in the analysis of the qualitative data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-68789 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Nyqvist, Simon J. |
| Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier ljudteknik och upplevelseproduktion och teater |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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