Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Donal wrote: <<<<Makes you wonder at the "reality" of documentary films when they go in with 4-5 person crew (not to mention attitude, in my experience).>>>> Hi Donal, A couple of years ago I had an assignment on a woman suffering from ALS, the Lou Gerhig disease and I had asked that she and her care giver carry right on as though I wasn't there. The reponse was, "Yes right! Just like that TV crew who were here last week and said, "we'll be like a fly on the wall, you'll never know we're here!" And there were 8 in the crew!!! The shooting took place in the home and how the hell a documentary TV crew of 8 can be "like a fly on the wall?" is hard to believe. I mean it's tough enough being a single Leica toting photojournalist working in confined quarters and trying to be unobtrusive, let alone a video crew be unobtrusive. ted