30 Oct 2006 @ 11:54 AM 

School Security - click here to view videoJust like we did during the last sweeps, 40/29 is once again checking school security. This time, though, we sent one of our producers (rather than recognizable on-air personalities) into various elementary school campuses with a hidden camera, and for much of the time, he got to just stroll through these schools, and even into heavily-populated areas like the cafeteria, unchallenged. Not surprisingly, that video makes up a lot of this spot. At the time I was editing, there seemed to be some genuine confusion as to whether or not our producer’s identity would be disguised on-camera, so with that in mind, I did show his face but tried to obscure it as best I could in case a different call was made before (or even after) the spot hit the air.

Tags Categories: KHBS / KHOG, TV Promos Posted By: Earl
Last Edit: 30 Oct 2006 @ 11 56 AM

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 02 Oct 2006 @ 10:22 PM 

Arkansas Gubernatorial Debate - click here to view videoElection time means election coverage promos, and that means “make it look as stately and solid as the sign in front of a bank.” That’s actually a challenge I enjoy, trying to achieve something approaching a classy look like that. And it certainly was a challenge here: the spot was given to me as an already-written-and-shot piece that I needed to finish out, but the studio talent shoot was a static shot at the Fayetteville news desk. Since the background of that set happens to be blue, I decided to see just how good the Boris FX chromakey plug-in is. (Turns out it’s not bad – take a look! The only embarrassing artifact is that this had to be completed and aired on a timetable that didn’t allow for the kind of precision surgery that it would’ve taken to eliminate the news desk in the shot; as the only non-blue element in the scene, it’s just sort of incongruously floating in space.) No doubt a few more election coverage spots are lurking just around the corner…

Tags Categories: KHBS / KHOG, TV Promos Posted By: Earl
Last Edit: 02 Oct 2006 @ 10 22 PM

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