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The civilian combat newsreel cameramen
During World War Two, many newsreelers joined the Signal Corps. Others, however, willingly served as civilian combat newsreel cameramen in both the Pacific and European theaters. Marty Barnett of Paramount News was one of the civilian shooters who embedded themselves as pool newsreel photogs to cover the war. When Barnett was in the Papua New […]
Read More →Promoting the news goes mobile
Television news promotes itself better than any other form of journalism. TV stations routinely set aside valuable airtime to advertise stories set to appear on upcoming newscasts. Now, though, the most effective promotions may be airing on cellphones. “I believe the value of a tease on mobile is much more valuable than a video […]
Read More →Charleston Crew Shoots for “The Doctors” in Columbia SC
GTT’s Charleston based DP Dave Baker and Craig Goodale traveled up the road to Columbia SC to shoot a segment for “The Doctors”. While GTT’s equipment is top notch and includes all of the latest electronic gadgetry available, the device which was the subject of the story; a lifesaving heart regulating device called the Impella […]
Read More →Skating above the city streets
A difference between the modern news photog and his/her ancestors of the newsreel lens of a few generations ago – TV photogs turn stories daily rather than twice a week and don’t have to resort to Lou Hutt and his colleagues’ “brilliant” idea to fill air-time (at least I hope not!). As for why the […]
Read More →Hooray for Hollywood
I live in Southern California. I grew up here. On the ocassional clear day in Los Angeles, you can see the Hollywood sign from places where I’ve lived.Growing up and seeing the Hollywood sign in the distance seems like a pretty cool deal to me, but t…
Read More →Lou Hutt and the FDR assassination attempt
On February 15, 1933, Lou Hutt, a photographer with Paramount News, was in Miami’s Bayfront Park waiting to cover a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt’s motorcade came in, he came in from a bad angle and had his back facing Hutt’s camera. Hutt left his camera running and in the care of his […]
Read More →Thank you Videomaker…
…for this excellent advice on how to choose a (not quite broadcast) professional video camera. Begins with good glass (and why), chips, manual controls and more. And the best part? The information holds value through (most) changes in technology that I’ve seen over the past (OMG) forty years. VIDEOMAKER Addendum: VM is on a roll […]