No need to be sorry. Best method would be to re-shoot, that would be the simplest answer. That could be cloned/painted out, but unless you’re a genius at that, it’s not going to look great…which I think you have already discovered. Shadows, movement, wrinkles all become big problems.
Just a thought, but since you can’t see her talking, could you take the end of the shot & zoom in past the microphone and just edit the dialogue from there?
Wish I had a better solution, but IMO reshoot will be less costly than spending week(s) trying to fix that mic pack.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
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