[BC] The Driveway Shot

DHultsman5@aol.com DHultsman5
Wed Dec 27 19:38:48 CST 2006


 
In a message dated 12/27/2006 5:38:53 PM Central Standard Time,  
bbrister at sbcglobal.net writes:

board  met hours earlier.  At 10 pm, it's just an empty building.  Is  there
really any point to that?  Why not just stand in front of green  screen and
key a picture behind the reporter?  I guess it's because  "we've got a remote
truck and by gawd we're gonna use it, even if there's  nothing to see."

LF



In the resurgency of Live-eye  ENG type trucks in the early  1970's  A 
station in Nashville got two trucks.  This station was very  heavy news oriented and 
duriong the 6 and 10 PM news nearly every night iof it  was a slow night they 
would have two live shots one from an unknown awards  dinner and another from 
the side of the road taking about weather  conditions.   
 
Anything to uses those trucks.
 
We have something similiar here in Birmingham now.  This time its  weather,  
they all by the latest stuff and latest software.  Then one  station buys a 
truck and call it "Storm watch".  Now one station goes  all radar weather with 
severe weather and the other follow.  We have four  TV stations tel;ling us a 
tornado may happen when I want to watch CSI or  Boston Legal.   Just scroll it 
on the bottom.
 
JMHO
 
Dave  


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