Hiding a Microphone

Let's hid a microphone on a persons face.

NO THANK YOU

This is why I hate over the ear microphones. They are so obvious.  I have talked and talked with designers about this till I am blue in the face.  An over the ear microphone is more prone to harm then anywhere else. People sweat, actors have to kiss and breath. These mics pick up every bit of it and the audience doesn't want to hear that scratchy sound any more then they want to hear feedback.

Sure you can hid a mic in someones clothes, however if you want to hear the rustling of clothes be my guest.

I suggest that you place the mics as a wig-line or hair line mic. This is actually one of the best places on a persons face to pick up sound.

But what if the actor is wearing a hat, aren't you worried about sound reflecting off the brim? SURE

But the good part about hair line mics is that they can be moved.

The sound quality from a mic placed in the hair is much better then on the face itself. I have actually place standard lapel mics as wig line before and people working in the theatre would go "are they using one of the new ones?" UMMM, no remember that cheap lapel that came in the box, yeeah that's what they have.  I actually changed out 3 over the ear mics out for wig line during the run of a show once and the performers didn't want the over the ear mics back because they said they sounded better.  The wig line mic is a better view for the audience as well, think about how you take an audience member out of the moment when they see the over the ear mic on a actors face, with a wig line they done have to see any of that.