Boom Operators

Here is how this works in practice. Our Irish boom-operator roster covers the senior production-sound department members who delivered location-sync sound on Vikings six seasons at Ashford Studios Wicklow (the Norse-language ADR-clean dialog tracks plus the longboat-and-Atlantic-sea-spray weatherproof boom-rig precedent), Game of Thrones across Titanic Studios Belfast and Paint Hall (the multiple Primetime Emmy outstanding-sound-mixing nominations), Foundation across Troy Studios Limerick on Apple TV+ (the 320,000 sq ft stage with Dolby Atmos capture spec). Penny Dreadful and The Tudors at Ardmore Studios Bray.

Here is the short of it. Plus the recent Banshees of Inisherin Achill Island and Inishmore unit (the cold-October Atlantic wind-driven location sound that was singled out for IFTAs Best Sound. With sound recordist Steve Fanagan), Belfast 2021 (the Branagh Best First Screenplay Oscar reconstruction with location-sound on Belfast's terraced-street locations), Normal People HBO Sligo-and-Trinity, The Wonder, and the An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl Gaeltacht Irish-language production-sound capture. Training routes through IADT Dún Laoghaire sound-for-screen track, the Pulse College Dublin sound-engineering program, plus Filmbase Ireland practical workshops.

Here is the breakdown. Kit covers Sennheiser MKH 8060 and MKH 416 shotgun mic standards (the industry shotgun rig for the Banshees and Belfast sound work), Schoeps CMIT 5U and Super-CMIT 2U digital shotgun (the prestige-series boom standard). DPA 4017c and 4018C shotgun. Plus Cinela Pianissimo. Cyclone, and Leonard windshield-and-blimp systems for the Atlantic-coast weather-discipline shoot (the Banshees and The Wonder cold-October-November exposure).

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Wireless lavalier integration via DPA 6060 and 6061 plus Sanken COS-11D capsules through Sennheiser Digital 6000 EM and Wisycom MCR42 receivers feeding into Sound Devices 833 and Scorpio multitrack recorders with Sound Devices CL-12 and CL-16 fader-panel mixing. Section 481 32% tax credit qualifies production-sound spend through Irish-resident hires plus the 40% regional uplift on named-area shoots. EUR Eurozone with GBP NI dual-currency, SIPTU union-and-Screen-Producers-Ireland industry-collective-agreement compliance, plus bilingual EN / Irish (Gaeilge) capacity for Gaeltacht production-sound workflow.