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Originally posted by xmaddness
I fail to see how this is "Shocking" or even the point of this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they arn't doing anything stupid ever, but in this case, they are reporters, probably working on their own parts of the story, from the same parking lot, and well, it was just easier for them to talk via the cameras.
I fail to see how this was a lie or shocking or anything really.
Originally posted by WaterBottle
Are you sure they weren't using the same green screen image? A lot of the times the background behind a newscaster isn't real. I thought most people realized this.
Where is the original video?
edit on 9-5-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)[/eitby]
The funniest thing that I have seen is that some London news studios actually used pastel drawn backdrops of the surrounding countryside. When you actually get there, it's all built up. extra DIV
Originally posted by dc4lifeskater
lmao seriously.. they must think people are idiots.. what was the point to pretend?
Originally posted by dc4lifeskater
lmao seriously.. they must think people are idiots.. what was the point to pretend?
Originally posted by OneNationUnder
There's different types of reporters. Nancy Grace has a Green Screen behind her. She always does. She was covering the Jodi Arias trial all day today and when she's saying things like "We're outside the steps of the Maricopa County Courthouse here in..." she then has a backdrop of "Arizona" behind her. When she talks about other things, they put THAT corresponding backdrop behind her. It's standard. She's probably in the studio.
You can tell when there's a Green Screen behind her though --it's VERY easy to recognize.
When she says "we're waiting for this bus to go by," she doesn't mean her and the reporter next to her on the screen are at the same exact place. What she actually means is they're waiting for the bus to go by the other reporter (next to her on the split screen) and that noise is being heard in Nancy's earpiece and neither one can hear for a few seconds. Notice Nancy pushes her earpiece in, Banfield doesn't. Banfield is on scene, whereas Nancy is not --if she was really on scene she'd be covering her right ear and pushing in the left earpiece as she tries to squelch the noise. Also, Banfield's hair moves in the breeze while Nancy's remains still.
And when she says things like I just mentioned, things like, "We're here outside the steps of the Maricopa..." she's not saying SHE is there. she is saying that "we are outside," meaning the current story they're broadcasting is taking place outside the Maricopa Courthouse, etc.
It's misleading yes, but they have explained it many times. It's a broadcasting technique to make the viewers feel as they are there with the reporter and therefore trying to make the viewers part of the story --when you feel as though you are part of something, you then take a vested interest in it moreso then you would have.
The most important thing in conversation is to hear what ISN'T being said.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I'm thinking, this one about did it for me. All the magic was gone forever. (sigh)
You gotta love the reporter though. She doesn't even lose her flow as they walk past her...rowing her boat.