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Chienworks wrote on 12/4/2014, 1:55 PM
My ... *ahem* ... "fun" one was working a college play. One teenage actress came up to me before dress rehearsal holding a wireless lav mic and said "the director told me i had to wear this, but i have no idea where to put it." She was a nymph in some Greek tragedy and her costume was little more than a gossamer sheet loosely wrapped around her and pinned on one shoulder, nothing underneath. I explained that the transmitter could clip to the inside of the costume at her side and the mic itself could go on the shoulder. She struggled for a few minutes trying to get it to work but was unsuccessful. I said "well, if you can trust me, i can put it on you in 5 seconds. She blushed bright pink, but handed it to me. Skillfully, i reached down inside the costume, clipped the transmitter to the seam, ran the cable up, and clipped on the mic, without touching her at all.

Ah, the things we do for theatre.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 12/4/2014, 2:18 PM
A nymph and all ! Congrats on your restraint and not drawing a complaint ! As for the grid-iron player - "ruggedised-bodypack ?!!

geoff
rs170a wrote on 12/4/2014, 2:31 PM
As for the grid-iron player - "ruggedised-bodypack ?!!

A few years ago they were using Zaxcom TRX900LTS transmitters and Sennheiser MKE-2 gold mics. Not sure about the gear these days.

Lavs made for abuse (from 2014)
New Sound of the NFL... (from 2010)

Mike
rraud wrote on 12/5/2014, 9:16 AM
The last I heard, NFL Films was using Lectro SMV series transmitter hidden in a shoulder pad. I don't recall which mic or placement