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)
(Lucky color today, says the morning show astrologer: Olive green.) Here is the first part of the video. the continuation has been posted earlier in this blog (previous post) so the discussion is subject to, or continued in the earlier post (don’t want to have to repeat it here, pakibasa na lang uli, tnx.). About 400 megabytes compressed into 55 megabytes, very grainy, on 24 frames per second, with the resulting dark horizontal band on the screen from 0:29 to 1:32 which covered the beautiful face of Gretchen Malalad, apologies. But it gets better from 4:00 onwards, the faces could be seen. By the way, the other day, the entertainment portal http://www.spot.ph released the results of its poll or survey: Gretchen Malalad was voted top ten “hottest’” newswomen. Gretchen in this video narrated the back story of the story, or how they came upon the aftermath of the “encounter”.
the blog discussion on the ethical issues is as follows: When the police chief apologized for one of his men for accusing ABS-CBN reporters of having “delayed” the police in bringing the injured person to the hospital, it was in effect a retraction, and the full footage clearly showed that the police held the injured person in their vehicle and called the ABS-CBN reporters to film him and ask him questions; so, it was clear that it was not the reporters who caused the delay or any delay.
The anchor, Tony Velasquez, then asked the crucial question: Should the camera crew continue filming an injured person or should they ask the police to bring the person to the hospital? (should the reporter tell the police what to do, or should the journalist ask the police instead what they are doing, or should the camera crew themselves intervene by bringing the injured person to the hospital?)
i said something like journalists on the field are in the best position to decide ethical questions like that, or when they should cease being journalists and “intervene” in the unfolding of events by, well, being human.
On the other hand, international media organizations such as CNN and BBC do not show images of dead people or of dying persons. In the Philippines, the codes of ethics of media organizations frown upon or proscribe showing the face of a dead person, or a zoomed-in image of the face of a dead person; media organizations also frown upon the showing of too much blood (if they have to, it is either pixelized or shown as a line shot or in black and white); mangled body parts are also not shown. Usually, local media organizations just show the feet or the hands of the dead person, or a long shot of the body. However, this situation is more complicated because the person was alive when in custody, police told the reporters they could film him, the camerastaff and reporter did not know, at first, the extent of the injuries, and to make matters even more complicated, he did not die of those injuries, the medical report stated that he died of asphyxiation, and he was in custody of the police when he died.
Gretchen Malalad also pointed out that they trusted the police to hold only a person who didn’t have to be rushed to the hospital right away. This video is continued in the earlier post.
Apologies again for the quality of the upload. Thanks for viewing!
grace and intellect — because the new design allows full-body shots (seated) — check out Cheche Lazaro’s poise, straight spine, footwork,
