Tuesday, January 15, 2008

CNMG'S PAN SIDE

Joanne Briggs of C News kudos for taking us live to the Sagicor Exodus pan yard Tuesday night.
But.
You were not the subject of the interview with the two members of the pan side. While we understand that you had them standing on either side of you, we only saw the sides of their faces while you faced the camera.
The better thing to do would have been to have them stand side by side on either your left or right, then (as is done on the international networks) you should have turned your back to the camera and the cameraman should have picked up the frontal view of your interviewees.

Also, the very, very short cutaway we saw of a yellowish colour pan yard was not good enough. That shot probably came from your live OB truck, but the video on your shot was perfect.
If your crew got to the pan yard early, why wasn't one of the cameramen directed to get some cutaways of the band practicing or even individuals tinkering on their pans so those shots could be used over the live interview?
Good idea but we hope to see some improvement next time.

Also Joanne, your interview with Jomo was a bit off on the audio, with the background music competing with his voice.