Re: Groom didn't turn mic on

[Jeff Carpenter] "You'll sometimes have to explain the whole thing (it's safer this way) but I'm betting that won't happen too often if you're just positive and focus on the "it's for the ceremony" line."

Exactly. We also get this out of the way during the consult. We tell the groom that his lav audio is recorded to a completely separate audio channel in the camera, so if there's anything he's said that may be deemed "off-topic" it doesn't have to be in the final mix. Problem solved as far as the couple is concerned. Anyway, most of the time, as Jeff has stated, after about 30 sec. the groom has forgotten that he's wired. The ones that don't forget are the ones that like to say "stuff" and are happy to have it on their lapel because they consider it to be a novelty: "Hey look everybody. I'm wired for sound!"

A lot of couples also have to be reminded that no audio ever gets recorded (in the case of wireless transmitters) unless I press the camera's record button. People not in our industry seem to forget that part and we never assume that they know as much as their video person does.

- Don