http://filmschoolonline.com/sample_lessons/sample_lesson_sound.htm
This website helped to give me an insight into how I should be recording as a boom operator, giving me reasons why overhead booming is better whenever possible, but also what techniques I should look to when overhead booming isn’t possible.
From reading sections of The Location Sound Bible I was able to take some useful lessons in how to move and stand as a boom operator. The main theme throughout is that I have to keep my actions fluid and gentle so that the microphone isn’t picking up any noise from me while recording. Some of the bits in this book went a little bit too in depth for this project but certain parts like giving myself enough length on the pole and standing in a certain way to be able to move suddenly proved to be quite useful.
Another important section from this book was to make sure that I was paying attention and in a sense rehearsing at the same time as the actors, so I would be able to learn and predict the flow of the scene, allowing me to keep the mic pointed at whoever needed it and moving out of the way whenever the camera panned.