For this article, it talks about how to operate a boom mic.
Basically what a boom mic is, is that you put a microphone
on a pole either handheld or setup somewhere, typically on
machinery. It’s attached with a shock mount to lower the
amount of noise that is heard when moving the microphone. Most
times there is someone hired to do the job of handling the
microphone, they are called the “boom operator.” In short,
you get a microphone, put it on a mount, and then on a pole,
and handle it around the area of people speaking. At the end
of the article it just talked about the prices of these items,
I’m going to not include that part. A way this article could
help is if we were to use a pole, but, we use a microphone
and attach it to the camera, so that’s unlikely. I learned
how to handle a boom microphone.
To read this article, here’s the link:
http://www.videomaker.com/article/17064-mic-tricks-for-the-boom-operator