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outubro 31, 2004
Sound Bites ... NOT!
The Sound Bite - the curse of modern television news...
The LACK of the Sound Bite - the curse of modern PORTUGUESE television news.
In Portuguese Television School, it is taught that if you can use a hundred words where eight and a half will do, use another two hundred;
make sure that football comes before anything that might otherwise be important;
if any really gruesome films of dead bodies, blood and guts, murders etc. put them on screen unedited, right around dinner time;
if you are a woman reporter, make sure you look fashionable. it doesn't matter if you look crap, just look fashionable.
if you could can find someone on the street to give you a "vox pop" make sure it is someone who isn't going to be succinct and to the point and then record about an hour's worth of footage and then cut out only the REALLY boring bits. (then find their next door neighbour to do the same).
But the most important rule is to take as long as you jolly well like with your telejornal, hey, this is Portugal and NOBODY cares if there is no schedule worth the paper it isn't printed on.
Is this the only country in the world where they give approximate times for programmes?
Afixado por Madge Webb em 31 de outubro de 2004, às 02:50
Afixadelas
TVI? SIC? RTP? A velhinha eu conheço...
Afixado por Monty em 31 de outubro de 2004, às 13:55