Cinema Cameras?

Hollywood directors shoot with long metal rods that are attached to tiny black boxes that are then attached to tiny, shiny, silver metallic boxes. Quite coincidentally, these are similar to the Beachtek DXA-2s, Canon HV20, and the Rode NTG-2 that I and some other people happen to use. Weird, no? But in all seriousness, Hollywood directors actually just sit in chairs. The camera opertators that do shoot use really large boxes with Mickey Mouse ears attached that cost about as much as a house. Unfortunately these boxes don't record sound so they have to use this plexigl clapper thing to synch up the picture with the sound that's recorded separately. And when the sound quality isn't perfect and they get muffly sounds and echoes, then they usually kidnap the actors and force them to repeat every line they said in a studio so that they can replace the sound. Hope this helps!