Posted by Larry in AZ on 01/12/99 11:53

Waiving the right to remain silent, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> said:

> In article <zhNvg.622$1Z5.198@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> "Jorabi" <jorabi@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> "Doc" wrote ...
>> > Whoever the director is on America's Got Talent, they have their head
>> > up their wazoo. Something I noticed tonight is that they spent way
>> > too much time spent on reaction shots of the audience and judges when
>> > the whole point is to see the acts. Do they think everyone really
>> > needs to see Brandy mugging at the acts more than what the acts are
>> > actually doing?
>> >
>> > They also don't seem to get that ALL the shots need to be framed
>> > close enough to SEE the performers.
>>
>> I caught the second hour of this show. The reason for all the non-
>> stage shots is that the acts are heavily edited. Like the finger
>> snapper ... they hardly showed any of his snapping. If they
>> didn't show other things, the video of the act would be jumping
>> violently from one thing to another.
>
> I agree it plays like that, but I don't think that's the case; the acts
> have a specific time limit, so they can't be heavily editing them unless
> they get more than one shot at the performance. I think it's just
> really bad editing. I also don't believe those inserts of close ups of
> gap mouthed kids are genuine; they're set up and/or shot at another
> time.

With the exception of the performer packages, I thought the broadcast was
live...

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Larry Jandro
Video Engineering & Equipment Rentals
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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