{"id":10703,"date":"2014-06-08T07:06:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/what_you_see_tv\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:08:59","slug":"what-you-see-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/what-you-see-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"What You See: TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What You See, What You Don&#8217;t: TV<\/p>\n<p><b>Television<\/b><br \/>\nSee also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/visual_literacy_politics\/\"> Visual literacy on the campaign trail<\/a>;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/framing.htm\">Framing of news photographs<\/a><br \/>\nSee also: A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lzhDsojoqk8\">behind the scenes look<\/a> at how the BBC created the BBC iPlayer trail for April Fools&#8217; Day, featuring a colony of flying penguins<\/p>\n<p>Use of <a href=\"http:\/\/quietube.com\/v.php\/http:\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=clnozSXyF4k\"> greenscreen\/chromakey<\/a> in productions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PUyChNi29q0&amp;feature=fvsr\">Lighting in Hawaii Five O<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/videos\/?bcpid=353514793&amp;bclid=894211394&amp;bctid=1745050072\"> Production design <\/a>in AMC&#8217;s Mad Men\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cmch.typepad.com\/cmch\/2009\/08\/behind-the-scenes-of-childrens-tv.html\"> Behind the Scenes of Children&#8217;s TV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CBS&#8217; Robert Pierpoint&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/pierpoint.htm\">stand-up at the White house<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-oval-photo-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-35812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-oval-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-oval-photo-2.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/biden-oval-photo-2-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/oval-office-speech-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-35813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/oval-office-speech-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/oval-office-speech-1.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/oval-office-speech-1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCameras and lights are seen set up in the White House Oval Office, as President Biden gives a speech.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-tv.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-tv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-tv.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-tv-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/mayberry-production-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFrom the long running &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show&#8221; left: what viewers at home saw during the opening credits scene;<br \/>\nright: the production crew seen in an aerial shot creating that opening scene<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/reporter-w-wires.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/reporter-w-wires.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/reporter-w-wires.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/reporter-w-wires-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/reporter-w-wires-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA female journalist, above, is wired for sound. Both her microphone and IFB are<br \/>\nhidden from the audience.(Source above; Reddit)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/behind%20the%20scenes.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nA reporter does a &#8220;stand up&#8221; while the camera and cue card holder wait nearby. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/ew\/gallery\/0,,20311937_20792362,00.html?google_editors_picks=true#30111548\"> (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/screen%20grab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"255\" \/> \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"254\" \/><br \/>\nwhat audiences at home saw;\u00a0 2007 Academy Awards broadcast: host Ellen Degeneres interviews director Martin Scorsese who is reading directly from cue cards held by an off camera stage hand<\/p>\n<p>What you may have seen on the news what you didn&#8217;t see <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y16.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y17.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reverend Patrick Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition talks with the media before attempting to speak with Dove World Outreach Center church pastor Terry Jones in Gainesville, Florida September 10, 2010. Reuters<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2010\/05\/11\/us\/11judge_CA0\/11judge_CA0-popup.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nSenator being interviewed by television crew in Washington DC<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nymag.com\/movies\/features\/oscars100215_1_560.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A production assistant holds up a slate that the on-camera interviewer can see.<br \/>\nLocation is the Critic&#8217;s Choice Awards; director Quentin Tarantino is seen right (photo from <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/movies\/features\/63661\/\">NY Mag<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/weatherchannel.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFrom Bloomberg News: A Weather Channel meteorologist is shown in front of the green screen;<br \/>\nand the map that is superimposed is also shown, along with the composite of all of the images.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/wx.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAccuweather&#8217;s forecaster shows off the green screen during a break in ESPN&#8217;s college coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe television control room: here sits the director, the technical director, the producer, graphics, audio\u00a0experts,<br \/>\nthe engineers and others usually involved in the broadcast of live events&#8211;e.g. news, sports, TV specials.<br \/>\nAll of the video and audio signals come here from the studio (or from each camera and microphone). The director&#8217;s<br \/>\njob is to decide which one(s) get &#8220;on the air&#8221; that you see at home. (photo by Frank Baker)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin goes fishing and news media tags along\u00a0 (July 8, 2009)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b>Screen grab of CNN May 27, 2009<b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/IMG_1088.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/cnnlive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nfrom CNN Live online&#8211;a behind-the-scenes camera positioned in the lighting grid&#8211;<br \/>\nshows the set just before anchor John King (left) gets into position in front of map on-screen;<br \/>\ncrew members can be seen behind the cameras and setting up the screen.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b> What you see at home<b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> (CBS News photo)<b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nAP Photos from CBS News, show point-of-view shot from &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; host Bob Scheiffer&#8217;s perspective<br \/>\n(note Scheiffer&#8217;s teleprompter clearly in view to\u00a0 Powell&#8217;s left)<b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/earl%20photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nTaking it to the street: <i>My Name Is Earl<\/i>&#8216;s Jason Lee, who plays Earl, and Alyssa Milano (Billie) shoot<br \/>\na scene in which Earl and Billie are found lying in the road after being hit by cars.<br \/>\n2\/29\/08\u00a0 (see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/television\/news\/2008-02-28-tv-shows-return_N.htm\"> video of behind-the-scenes<\/a> of this sitcom)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>What a Studio camera Teleprompter looks like to the on-camera reader<\/b><br \/>\n(if you look close, you can see the studio camera&#8217;s lens just beyond the words on the screen;<br \/>\nthe camera shoots through a two way mirror; the on camera reader can see the script while<br \/>\nlooking directly into the camera&#8217;s lens)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/what_y12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/NewseumStudio.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nHere is a shot inside one of the TV studios at DC&#8217;s Newseum. In the center of the photo is an unmanned studio camera with an<br \/>\nattached teleprompter. Just below the prompter is a monitor showing the director&#8217;s video output and a digital clock.<br \/>\n(photo by Frank Baker)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uptowndowntownnyc.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/a_julia_with_mallet_peop810child1218851238.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/julia-child-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/julia-child-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhat viewers at home saw&#8230;.<br \/>\nand what they didn&#8217;t see&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Child (above) with assistants during the taping of one of her TV shows\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/frankwbaker.com\/marketing0915child-kitchen.jpg\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What You See, What You Don&rsquo;t: TV Television See also:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-what-you-see"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10703"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35814,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10703\/revisions\/35814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}