Amen, brother. There is no excuse for a visible boom mike in a final cut with today's technology.

one result of a google search (on visible boom mike in movies)

there's more :


In response to that post, beloved commenter Dashiell suggested "the boom mike problem is the fault of the projectionist, not the filmmakers," which I assumed was true. It is a little-known fact that, when you see a movie in the theater, you're usually not getting the complete contents of the reel itself; the projectionist cuts off a bit of the top and a bit of the bottom to fit it properly on the screen1. Exactly how much is cut off depends on the film and the projectionist. I seem to remember reading somewhere that directors don't necessarily worry about boom mics slipping into the top of the frame, since it's assumed they'll be cropped.

Huh. So I should demand that Regal give me my money back? :p

nope

The fault lies with the Director, DP, Editor, Digital compositor and the Boom Operator. Any one of these people could have either prevnted or fixed the situation.

The excuse that it should be framed-out by the projectionist is a bullshit excuse for sloppy filmmaking.

Thank you, Rod. I guess Mr. Shyamalan is losing his touch. And hiring crappy people.

Wow, for a film with a budget this size, I wouldn't expect such sloppy, amateur, b-grade mistakes to repeat themselves so often.

Look out Uwe Boll, there's a new king of shit horror in town.

Normally this is the theatre's fault because they need to center the film correctly and it wouldn't be a problem.