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The Production Sound Mixer on a movie set is the person in charge of the Sound Department. Their main function is to make all the decisions about how to record the dialog and sound effects for the movie. They also are the person who operates the recorder that captures the sound coming from the microphones used to record the sound.

The typical movie sound department will also have a person who is called the Boom Operator, who is the person who holds a boom pole and microphone over the actors while they talk, as well as one or more sound assistants.

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