Micrrophones and their uses

[Player1]

Why do we see microphones attached to the speaker during reality shows or awards function, but in films we don't see microphones even in extreme scenes?

Thanx

 

[KenM10759]

Because movies have budget and time for concealment, setup, boom mics, directional mics, anything at all required to make it look and sound natural. That includes a lot of retakes and editing.

 

[highfigh]

Why do we see microphones attached to the speaker during reality shows or awards function, but in films we don't see microphones even in extreme scenes?

Thanx

What speakers- guitar amps, or all mics?

Because that's how the sound gets to the mixer during a live event- placing the mic close to the source is the only way to get the sound with a bit of isolation. It's called 'close miking' and it's used so each instrument or voice can be controlled separately.

If you're referring to all sounds in a film, it's because a lot of the dialog and many other sounds are recorded after the video has been recorded, then mixed with the video. Most of the sounds in a movie aren't what occurred when the video was recorded, it's added later, by people who are called 'Foley Artists' and the sounds they use are not what we see.

 

[KenM10759]

I assumed the "speakers" referred to were the people speaking.