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What would Brooker say about RTE?

  • 20-02-2010 10:34am
    #1
    silverharp
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    I'm sure ye have all seen this, but where do you draw he line between necessary conventions , and formula driven by the latest "fashion". Do any good examples come to mind when thinking about the RTE news? One little one that springs to mind is when the RTE run a economic story either about the ECB or the latest finance figures, they have this stupid sequence from a mint showing money being printed. I find it annoying cos if you think about it it makes no sense, any others?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4

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  • #2
    BurnsCarpenter
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    Ugh, the visual puns are horribly contrived sometimes.
    There was a report the other day that went like:

    "Enda Kenny is through the looking glass [shot of Kenny through mirror].....The Fine Gael leader is thirsty for...[shot of Kenny taking a sip of water]


  • #3
    Meeja Ireland
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    BurnsCarpenter wrote: »
    Ugh, the visual puns are horribly contrived sometimes.
    There was a report the other day that went like:

    "Enda Kenny is through the looking glass [shot of Kenny through mirror].....The Fine Gael leader is thirsty for...[shot of Kenny taking a sip of water]

    So true. I saw that and thought exactly the same thing. I was half-expecting a conversation with the chairman of the ECB to include quick-fire shots of a chair, a man, an Ecstasy tablet and a CB radio.

    I also hate the constant shots of people walking uncomfortably to their office, or pretending to make a phone call, or pretending to consult a book. Why not be honest and show them doing what they are really doing, which is preparing to be interviewed for the news?


  • #4
    RGDATA!
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    Meeja Ireland wrote: »
    I also hate the constant shots of people walking uncomfortably to their office, or pretending to make a phone call, or pretending to consult a book. Why not be honest and show them doing what they are really doing, which is preparing to be interviewed for the news?

    exactly, cut-away to fidgeting hands as we splice together two different sentences. i would rather see a quick fade or obvious transition used where the editor is taking license with an interviewee's words. obviously it's necessary that interviews are edited for tv but i think noddies and staged cutaways are not worthy of proper news coverage.


  • #5
    silverharp
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    What about outdoor pieces that add nothing to the story? If there is a piece on Energy the standard stich seems to be to send a crew down to Sandymount strand to get a picture of Poolbeg in the background. Why bother? I know what a powerstation is. Why not interview the guy from the studio? would be cheaper and more natural

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  • #6
    Meeja Ireland
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    RGDATA! wrote: »
    exactly, cut-away to fidgeting hands as we splice together two different sentences. i would rather see a quick fade or obvious transition used where the editor is taking license with an interviewee's words. obviously it's necessary that interviews are edited for tv but i think noddies and staged cutaways are not worthy of proper news coverage.

    Couldn't agre more. Establishing an atmosphere of obvious fakery seems a really strange way to start a news item.

    Didn't Channel Five ban all noddies and cutaways from their news interviews a couple of years ago?


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  • #7
    Elmo
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    Meeja Ireland wrote: »
    Didn't Channel Five ban all noddies and cutaways from their news interviews a couple of years ago?

    Five aren't the pinicle of TV news, about 10mins in.



    I wonder what he would say about TV3 News?

    I know I go on about TV3 but its only because people are so ****ing hung up on RTÉ.

    He would be asking why is it that RTÉ News get TDs, spokespeople and Ministers to walk from the front doors of Lienster House, as they introduce them and the topic.


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