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| Thread ID: 109860 | 2010-05-25 22:39:00 | TVOne 6pm News | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 888189 | 2010-05-25 22:39:00 | What is the function of the button or switch that Wendy P reaches across to activate in front of her co-host. If it is so important, why isn't the button/switch placed in front of her? Her "secretive" body movement just as the camera cuts back to the news desk, annoys the hell out of me :( |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 888190 | 2010-05-25 23:00:00 | Me thinks that button is to scroll down the autocue which the presenters have control of now days. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 888191 | 2010-05-25 23:18:00 | I agree, it looks awkward. Why not give them a button each? But what gets to me is when they perform their synchronised twist to the right to focus attentively at what in reality is probably a blank wall, although it shows on our screens as a giant video display. The whole presentation is too wooden and contrived. Grrr. :annoyed: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 888192 | 2010-05-25 23:22:00 | It is a Lucas "Instant Self Gratification Button" that she presses. You can tell by the look on the co-hosts face...."my turn :drool " Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 888193 | 2010-05-26 00:04:00 | But he never gets his turn :( :( :( | Zippity (58) | ||
| 888194 | 2010-05-26 00:25:00 | Maybe its a button for her vibrator under her seat lol | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 888195 | 2010-05-26 00:27:00 | But what gets to me is when they perform their synchronised twist to the right to focus attentively at what in reality is probably a blank wall, although it shows on our screens as a giant video display. The whole presentation is too wooden and contrived. Grrr. :annoyed: I too, think that contrived right turn is silly. And they are, as you say, looking at a blank green wall. They use a process called Chroma Key where everything green is replaced by the picture we see. The subject needs to be well lit otherwise the equipment has difficulty distinguishing where the subject ends and the background (the picture replacing the green screen) begins. In the early days the lighting was often poor and there was jaggered edges around the subject. It is also used extensively in the weather. You will note when the presenter is, seemingly, looking toward the map, they are, in fact, looking toward a monitor so they can see where they are putting their hands. Note that they sometimes appear to hold a remote to change the map. A similar process, called matte, is used in film. |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 888196 | 2010-05-26 08:24:00 | What gets me is the stupid on site reporters where they add absolutely nothing to the subject. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 888197 | 2010-05-26 09:23:00 | What gets me is the stupid on-site reporters where they add absolutely nothing to the subject. And start spouting their opinions, which are of no interest to me (or anyone?). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 888198 | 2010-05-26 09:31:00 | They are being TV personalities, which is what you do after flunking parking building attendant classes. Next, they will go into politics. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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