Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bd wrote: b> The line they give you is bs Ernie - they pick up the VNRs because they b> are free, fill airtime, are generally far better produced, more b> professional, than what the local outlets can turn out, and they can b> then send the 'talent' to cover the local frog jumping contest. ;-) b> B. D. I usta field produce medical pieces for CNN, and some for the New Orleans (then ABC) affiliate. One of the hardest chores in that job is to get doctors to plain-speak. They always want to do a medical lecture when they get on camera. But you are right, as a show producer, it is far more economical to recut VNR handouts with local footage, using the soundbites from expert Doc at Pompandcircumstance University Hospital and then send your own reporters out for frog-jumping and stuff people want to see. http://www.sonc.com/frog/ Sonny http://www.sonc.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html