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

Grace and intellect courtesy of Cheche Lazaro

Freeze-frame of a video by "Media in Focus", ABS-CBN, used here non-commercially, for review & educational purposes

(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,


Freeze-frame of a video by ABS-CBN Media in Focus used here non-commercially, for review & academic purposes

more inset images, more visuals.

Freeze-frame of a video by ABS-CBN Media in Focus used here non-commercially, for review & educational purposes

[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,

Freeze-frame of a video by ABS-CBN Media in Focus, used here non-commercially for review and academic purposes

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)


It’s another miracle

“Isn’t it a miracle…? it’s another miracle…”

The ABS-CBN staff performed a miracle again. Here’s what i looked like when i left home last Tuesday evening. i heeded the call time so the

hair and make up staff, the lights people,the camera persons, the producer and production assistants, with their combined talents, caused a transformation from this (“BEFORE)

to this (see next still, “AFTER”). Second photo. this is called “ANC Alerts”, a 3-second video, the still used for the video, from last Tuesday’s “Media in Focus” on crime reporting and the Ivan Padilla case (maybe it’s for the replays); the show  “Media in Focus” airs Tuesdays 9:30 pm, produced by ABS-CBN News Channel. i don’t have a disc of a snippet of the episode yet, sowee, will just let the Universe decide (let’s look at the speed-dial number of the Universe). Thanks, everyone! Happy weekend!