Boom pole

/bˈuːm pˈəʊl/

/bˈuːm pˈoʊl/

[noun]

Boom pole

[NOUN]

a long pole used to hold a microphone near the actors but out of the frame

Examples

1. So on a typical set, there’s probably a shotgun mic on the boom pole, and a handful of lavaliers on different actors or hosts.

2. This is the person you’ll see holding a microphone on a long boom pole out over the actors.

3. If you need something even more directional, like for the end of a boom pole, you can put something called an interference tube over a supercardioid or a hypercardioid mic.