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Thread #78457   Message #1419928
Posted By: MuddleC
24-Feb-05 - 03:41 PM
Thread Name: 2005 BBC folk awards - opinions?
Subject: RE: 2005 BBC folk awards - opinions?
Ralphie, didn't intend to pillory you,

it just seems that modern TV crews(directors) seem to like only alighting on someone/thing for oneandahalf nano seconds before cutting to another camera for 3 nanoseconds, then off to yet another 'snapshot...... blink and miss at least three camera cuts... perhaps its a matter of getting the eye blink rate right in order to see the same picture/subject for more than 1 second.... as 'folkie' audiences are a bit older, our attention span is longer than that of the young 'goldfish' viewer...
and this is made worse by 'dumbing down' the significant voice/instrument in a set by swamping them with the multiple supporting instruments in the ensemble, thus losing the very characteristics that they are known for

Regards
-Victor Meldrew