On Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:02:44 -0600 Steve Wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We rarely, if ever, see mikes in the shots of the classics (ie. Casablanca, > GWTW, Lawrence of Arabia, etc.) no matter how we frame the film. Casablanca and GWTW are 1:1.33, and L of A is either 70mm or 'scope. What they have in common is that they all use the entire frame area, thus the boom mikes are kept entirely out of shot. Can you think of any "classics" designed to be shown in 1:1.85? I'm sure you'd see boom mikes if you attempted to show them in a taller ratio (Taxi Driver is the only example which springs immediately to mind). Leo __________________________________ Leo Enticknap Postgraduate Common Room School of English and American Studies University of Exeter Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive Exeter Devon EX4 4QJ United Kingdom email: [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.