Walt,
All so true. Thanks for making me feel old!
Bill
> Totally useless to stand in front of a spot where something happened 10
> hours ago and blab away like this is real news. If you didn't get it when
> it happened, just let the talking heads read the script. Shots of crime
> scene tape are so boring!
>
> And zooming and panning, too! I recall my first day on the job, Corky
> Hoover, the news director, told me in no uncertain terms to never forget
> that a movie camera is designed to record motion, not to create it, and if
> I panned, I'd better be following something moving or have a reason good
> enough for him not to kick my butt. There was no danger any of us would
> be zooming. Those lenses were reserved for special occasions. Other
> things that could get you in trouble besides no establishing shots were
> jump cuts and no cutaways for fixing the jump cuts you shouldn't have shot
> to begin with.
>
> Walt
>
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