Posted by Anim8rFSK on 01/12/10 11:53

In article <Xns980678A42BF30thefrogprince@70.169.32.36>,
Larry in AZ <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote:

> 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...

No. The results show is live, but not the voting show. Regis was
explaining this on Letterman the other night, but Dave kept talking over
him and not paying attention so we didn't get the whole story. Regis
said the voting show is live, so he has to fly out to LA for that (hence
guest hosts on Wednesday). He tried to explain how and when they do the
voting show, but Dave babbled on and we never found out.

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