gmc
September 25th 04, 11:19 PM
Why do press conferences/hot-breaking news annoucements still feature
the talking-head behind a rag-bag cluster of mics on the table/podium?
Surely, in this day & age, it's a cinch to get a reliable feed off
*one* mic (perhaps two for redundancy) & that could be supplied to all
the journos via a patchbay that they could all plug into & get a feed
out of camerashot..?
Or is it marketing so that we can see from the square logo things on
the mics that CNN/BBC/Al-Jazeera etc are 'there on the ground'.
Or maybe journos know from experience that if there is a SNAFU they'd
rather trust their own kit?
Guess that those who 'have the podium' don't mind all those mics
pointing at them - maybe it is subtly/subconciously encouraged??
the talking-head behind a rag-bag cluster of mics on the table/podium?
Surely, in this day & age, it's a cinch to get a reliable feed off
*one* mic (perhaps two for redundancy) & that could be supplied to all
the journos via a patchbay that they could all plug into & get a feed
out of camerashot..?
Or is it marketing so that we can see from the square logo things on
the mics that CNN/BBC/Al-Jazeera etc are 'there on the ground'.
Or maybe journos know from experience that if there is a SNAFU they'd
rather trust their own kit?
Guess that those who 'have the podium' don't mind all those mics
pointing at them - maybe it is subtly/subconciously encouraged??