Grace & intellect c/o Cheche Lazaro (Media in Focus, ABS-CBN)

Grace and intellect courtesy of Cheche Lazaro

(Last week’s show. All photos in this post are “freeze-frames” of “Media in Focus” videos, property of ABS-CBN News Channel, used here for review.) “Media in Focus” has a spanking new set!! It allows a wider shot that shows people’s body language in addition to their talkies. The producers as you can see also use more graphics,

more inset images, more visuals.

[Check out the graphics on the inset (the blog url appears! for the first time on tv — babaw kaligayahan ko (i have cheap thrills); pls. link my blog and you’ll make my day 🙂 ] The set also allows tracking shots; very effective in sustaining attention (these give the audience a multi-dimensional notion of objects within the frame). We are also able to take lessons from Cheche Lazaro’s grace and intellect — because the new design allows full-body shots (seated) — check out Cheche Lazaro’s poise, straight spine, footwork,

the occasional sway of the arms (the staff prepared a script but she lets go of it), combined with substance, as she exchanges repartee with the interviewees and picks up the beat with her thought-provoking questions, it makes for dynamic visuals as well as interesting content. (i’m still uploading bit/parts of the video…in a bit)