Boom Operator should get top billing for most screen time

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2007)

I saw the film Near Palm Springs and the boom dipped into the shot at least 15 times. For a while there I thought it was going to have more screen time than Denzel or Russell. One time half the boom microphone was visible. Having said that though I though it was great and Denzel and Russell both showed why they have the gold men on their fire places. I love to watch Denzel on screen...amazing! I never knew this character existed but he was an interesting man in many ways. I love to learn about all types of history and film is my chosen method. I will see this one again I think. And by the way...did any one else see the boom as much as I did? I have to think there was some type of communication problem on the set. I work in the industry and I can't understand how everybody including the director with video assist could not see this.