A simple, interior scene in which students will be introduced to booming a basic walk & talk. Then, the exercise will escalate to include at least one plant mic in a foreground/background composition.
Basic walk and talk.
The scene opens on handheld "tracking" shot of two students slowly walking the length of the stage up to the ticket counter of Fly Cheap Airways & Fish Markets.
Stress the importance of talent walking slowly so that boom and camera can keep pace. Pay attention to composition: talent should be close together without excess gaps. Talent converses with each other the whole length of the walk.
Improvised dialogue and plotline is that they urgently need to be on the next flight to Los Angeles for an important interview.
Talent arrives at the ticket counter. The attendant is rude and commanding. Their flight is not ready to board. The students are directed to take a seat in the waiting area until their flight is called. While seated in the waiting area, they discuss how important it is for them to make it on time.
So far, the scene is completely covered by overhead boom that tracked with them during the walk, and then worked the three-shot consisting of the students and the ticket person at the counter.
Boom and a plant mic.
After students have had some practice working with a single boom, the scene escalates.
After the students are directed to the waiting area, they discuss the importance of this trip.Camera has tracked back so that the frame shows the students seated in the foreground with the ticket counter in the background.
In the background of the scene, the ticket attendant picks up a (prop) paging mic, and announces that the flight will be delayed at least several more hours. A hidden "plant" mic is used to pick up the ticket attendant in the backround of the shot, and the audio from that mic is added to the boom feed by means of a mixing panel.
Note that for the purpose of the exercise, the sound mixer should work in single track (monaural). Pay attention to achieving proper perspective of background to foreground, and avoiding the phasing problems (echo) that can be created if the boom operator tries to cover the ticket attendant as well as the students seated in the foreground.
After a brief discussion, one student gets up and goes back to the attendant. The student back in the waiting area shouts encouragement. They argue over available flights, then the student returns to the waiting area. Finally, their flight is called for boarding and the students exit. End of scene.
The encounter at the ticket counter is covered by means of the plant mic, while the boom stays with the student left behind in the waiting area. As an alternative approach, try using a plant mic to cover the waiting area and boom the ticket counter.