A partially buried lead in this thread about Late Show this week is his "Stooge of the Night" segment (I have seen two shows this week, and am assuming he has been doing it all week). I assume he is being criticized for this, both by gun control opponents and those who think that network talk shows should be politically neutral, but I have been really impressed with it.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:44 PM, M-D November <mdnovem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if this was brand new tonight or if was in use before Dave's > recent vacation, but "Late Show" has finally ditched the crappy CGI open > for actual footage of New York City and (what I thought was) a classy > graphics package. > > They also seem to have changed the shot list following the VTR: > 1) reverse angle shot of audience (not sure if handheld or jib - possibly > shot from Dave's desk riser) > 2) catwalk shot angled down to shoot through the scrim during Dave's dash > to stage left > 3) over-the-shoulder on Paul as the scrim goes up and Dave makes his > entrance > 4) back to the reverse angle shot, now at (roughly) floor height, as Dave > finds his mark > 5) finally to the hard camera for the start of the monologue > > This may not seem important, since neither is a MATERIAL change (there was > still a Regis joke within the first 90sec of the monologue, for example), > but both changes contribute to a fresh look for the show...or at least help > it feel less dated. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
