Thursday, January 17, 2008

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

CNMG's Golda Lee took us live to Arima for the Single Pan preliminaries.
She interviewed Vernon Morancie. But just as when Joanne Briggs did her interview recently, we only saw the side of Mr Morancie's face, and his eyes were hidden by his cap.
Next time Golda ask your interviewee to remove anything that hides their face (unless they specifically say they don't want to be recognised by the police), and turn them to face the camera.

Also Golda you said "Looking around at the bands we see more young people...". And like Joanne's interview, not a single cutaway to bring some visual appeal and break the monotony of staring at the side of Mr Morancie's face.
A trick of the trade is to think of some questions before you go on the air, then ask your director or producer to get one of the cameramen who gets to the site early to take a few corresponding cutaways to cover your interview.