topic Re: camera work in Q Talk

camera work

ms traditional — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:33:38 GMT

Q - when hosts go to the screen for Facebook, and they laugh and scratch about this picture or that entry, we usually can't see what the heck they are talking about because the camera doesn't come in tight on the screen. just sayin'..........

Re: camera work

circles — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:40:53 GMT

For the most part...the Q. cameras stink...how often the hosts talk about a detail on a product and the camera is no where near them...of vice-versa...they are talking about how something looks on the models...and the camera is on a still shot...for a company with the magnitude of shoppers...the amount of money they have to be making...can't have the best cameras around...

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GSPgirl — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 12:43:46 GMT

Or when the vendor asks to get a tight shot and that never happens.

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itsmagic — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:08:48 GMT

I agree. I don't know how television cameras work but it seems to take such a long time to switch from one shot to another.

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151949 — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:24:50 GMT

They have said on air many times that the cameras are robotic and they move very slowly. Sometimes they have a human carrying a camera but it seems not all the time.

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frenchie — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:26:16 GMT

How about when you miss the first part of a presentation, then the host goes to the phone. The camera stays on the host for the rest of the time. They do this a lot on a jewelry item. Sometimes you never get to see it again. What is the point in that?

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ValuSkr — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:11:47 GMT

I don't know the first thing about camera work, but it seems like it would be difficult in a live program, when on-air talent aren't talking from a script, to 100% coordinate camera shots with what the hosts are saying.

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excpa — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:50:41 GMT

It's not only QVC. The TV screens have become so crowded, it's like trying to read a typewritten page at 50 feet. I'm suspicious that it's a ploy to get people to buy those 72 inch screen TV's. I don't have a 72inch wall, so that's not going to happen, not to mention the cost.

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Puppy Lips — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:41:45 GMT

@ms traditional wrote:
Q - when hosts go to the screen for Facebook, and they laugh and scratch about this picture or that entry, we usually can't see what the heck they are talking about because the camera doesn't come in tight on the screen. just sayin'..........

I think the whole thing about going to social media to see customer responses or photos is dumb. Even answering the question of the day like Leah does on Saturday mornings seems like a waste of time to me. I am sure it is to get customers to feel more like a part of the show and thus increase sales. But in reality, we are not one big happy "QVC family."

Re: camera work

ms traditional — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:47:56 GMT

if they are going to use the Facebook screen, and point to pictures posted, for example, then the camera should come in tight to feature. usually on Sat a.m. on Leah's show they have that worked out. they move from a wide shot to a tight shot - usually. and you can see the cute picture posted she refers to or whatever. but on Pat/Jayne's show they never do. they know they are going to the Facebook screen - so it would be easy to set up. maybe during a product presentation which is a bit more spontaneous it is more difficult for the zoom shot.

ok i've vented here - i have posted on Pat and Jayne's Facebook about this. i can do no more!