Thanks for the mention Bill. I liked filming with you as well because you helped train my eye to see things I didn't see before.
Hearing your perspective on filming Hillary adds to the big picture. I am all about "the energy" - that is capturing the congruency of the moment. But of course two people can be at the same event and film "verite" and still come away with different stories. I think we are all getting good training in being able to tease out what feels authentic and what feels faked up and, when we want one or the other. I don't like the energy discrepancies that show up when something is faked up yet presented as authentic. I prefer my faked up to be obviously faked up and my authentic to be authentic. They are are both great aspects of communication and entertainment. Aloha, rox On 2/9/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You're welcome. > > Editorial choices ABSOLUTELY make a difference. It's ALL spin. I've > cut countless news pieces, and every single one of them was created > from material that a producer logged after someone went out in the > field and got the footage. You can tell whatever kind of story you > want when you're cutting things up. If you interview 30 people and 15 > of them are pro and 15 are con, then you give the editor 7 pro and 1 > con to put in the piece, you've chosen what to sell to your audience. > > Posting it the way I did was an influence from Rox @ beachwalks.tv. > As an editor, I'm all about efficiency and just showing the good parts > of what went on. I went to shoot an intro for her beachwalk in > Central Park, and when I panned across, the duck I was going to 'land' > on wasn't there anymore. :D I told Rox to do it again, when I was > sure I could land on the duck's new position, and that prompted a > discussion about how she likes to do things in one take. To me, that > was a foreign idea, because if it's wrong, it's wrong... do it again. > If there's no duck, do it until there IS a duck, and you know you > have the footage to make the show you're trying to make. > > One of the things I came away with from that discussion with was the > 'verite' of the un-cut shot. Even if there are boring or not-so-good > sections left in the video, there's no denying that > This.Is.What.Happened. There's no spin, other than the angle or zoom > or focus or white balance of the camera. It's much more believable, > because there's no agenda. That's how she looked. That's how she > sounded. That's what she said. That's how she smiled. That's how > the crowd reacted to what she said. There are no carefully-selected > sound bites, pro or con. > > We'll see what happens @ 6pm, since that speech was this morning > around 11:00am. I doubt any of the stations will carry it, because I > only saw a couple of professional cameras there. I think one from > channel 11, and one from Bronx News 12. Also, as you can tell from > the video, there was no mention of Hillary Clinton until people > started leaving, so it's likely that the few cameras that were there > were out of position. Hopefully, someone will do what the news always > does and narrate around a sound bite to make someone look the way they > want them to look. That way, you'd be able to see the difference. :) > > -- > Bill C. > http://ReelSolid.TV > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks for this Bill. She seems so much more personable in your vlog > > then she ever does on television news shows like CNN. Is it possible > > that editorial choices being made at network effect the timbre of our > > presidential candidates? > > > > -David > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <BillCammack@> > > wrote: > > > > > > <http://reelsolid.tv/2007/02/09/reelsolidtv-episode-39-when-hillary- > > is-president/> > > > > > > -- > > > Bill C. > > > http://ReelSolid.TV > > > > > > > -- Roxanne Darling "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian 808-384-5554 http://www.beachwalks.tv http://www.barefeetshop.com http://www.barefeetstudios.com http://www.inthetransition.com
