Boom Microphones

Here is how this works in practice. Our team supplies boom microphone packages chosen for the locations on your schedule, not generic kits. That means industry-standard shotguns paired with the right windshielding for the day: full blimp-and-fur systems for exposed exteriors on the Snaefellsnes peninsula or the Highlands, lighter setups for sheltered interiors in Reykjavik. We give carbon boom poles in lengths from compact interior models to long exterior reach, with internal cabling to keep handling noise down when an operator is fighting gusts.

Here is the short of it. Boom stock comes from the skilled the capital rental base. For large units we supplement capsules, poles, blimps and spare windjammers from suppliers in the UK and mainland Europe under ATA carnet, since Iceland is outside the EU customs union. Each microphone is bench-tested and each shock mount and connector checked for cold-weather brittleness before it leaves us. We carry redundant capsules and fur covers because a torn windjammer on a remote Ring Road location can cost a day. We stay reachable for swaps across the shoot.

Here is the breakdown. Wind is the defining factor for boom work in Iceland. A subarctic, maritime island on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it has famously fast-changing weather: a calm interior setup near Myvatn can become an exposed gale within an hour, and the black-sand beaches at Reynisfjara, the cliffs of the Snaefellsnes peninsula and the open Highlands at Landmannalaugar give almost no natural shelter. Blowing volcanic grit can work into capsule baskets. Glacial meltwater near Jokulsarlon and Vatnajoekull is a constant hazard for pole electronics.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Waterfalls such as Gullfoss, Skogafoss and Godafoss create both spray and a wall of low-frequency noise that a boom operator must work around. Productions including 'Prometheus', filmed at Dettifoss, and 'Game of Thrones' have captured sound across exactly these conditions. Summer shoots gain near-24-hour daylight under the Midnight Sun, while winter work compresses into short low-light days, so efficient, weatherproof boom kit keeps the sound department moving.