Aspiring video producers & editors should study this. Notice when the camera is locked off or handheld. The way the cuts jump late to emphasize Trump's confusion, and rest into the presenter's control. The framing on the flat wide. Presenter leaning back too. Well executed. https://t.co/42uo8vUTBU— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
I mean the 2-shot is hilarious. They bias the presenter in the frame but POTUS is literally behind the show's logo. This was most likely filmed much wider and on 4k cameras so they probably decided to push in like that. amazing. pic.twitter.com/HKQtmVbGJy— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
this one shot sits for 10 seconds while they gain-down the microphone on POTUS to make him sound secondary. it finally cuts on the line "I'm talking about death" to see Trump's non-reaction as he rattles off some BS.— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
editing is storytelling folks. pic.twitter.com/qG7gidCnOg
these 3 shots are a good example of smart editing.— danny (@dannyodwyer) August 4, 2020
- close up on unconvincing graph
- close up on crazy old man trying to make sense of it
- wide on reporter looking disgusted
if CNN edited this it would have had 6 locked-off cameras on POTUS & fucking classical music playing pic.twitter.com/5B5jhKJnw9
Gotta say, it’s immediately suspicious when Trump *won’t* take credit for a deal. https://t.co/80uFZDwikz— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) August 4, 2020
Breaking: evidence obtained by BBC on COVID quarantine in Xinjiang shows Uyghur model handcuffed to bed in health station, young men who violate quarantine beaten until they "scream like babies", crowded detention cells where detainees infect each other... https://t.co/8lnTRfEskW— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) August 4, 2020
This is nutsoooooo https://t.co/dN3OIQyemu— Molly Jong-Fast๐ก (@MollyJongFast) August 4, 2020
Sometimes, these lists speak for themselves. But I want to dig a little deeper into today's list, because I think it illustrates something that isn't immediately obvious. https://t.co/aCMdO18EDM— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
Now, normally, you'd be surprised that a $35 million grant by an obscure federal agency would be the highest-performing story on Facebook.— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
But people who follow this stuff know that stories about human trafficking, *especially* stories involving Trump, are a QAnon bat signal.
This is also why "banning QAnon" isn't really possible. It's in the bloodstream. Right-wing influencers know they'll get huge engagement on posts about child trafficking, etc., and they can post them without fear of being censored. (Because, after all, it's just a news story.)— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) August 4, 2020
This seems obvious to me now, but until my husband sent this screenshot to me this morning, I had not put this together. From @curaffairs. pic.twitter.com/HCFOfu2Xkn— Carolyn P. Fox (@carolynpfox) August 4, 2020
Wyoming becomes the first state in the country without a daily, printed newspaper.— Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) August 3, 2020
Corners of WY lack fast internet and coastal media tends to miss stories happening in rural states like this one. This is a blow to WY and storytellers everywhere. https://t.co/BmNBrojgp2
Women are being killed in Mexico at record rates, but the president says most abuse calls are 'false' https://t.co/KR9dA2j7UF— Guillermo Barba (@memobarba) June 6, 2020
What is happening in Mexico because sadly i don’t see many talking about this. A thread: pic.twitter.com/Hv4R6bs0Kc— ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ♡︎ (@tpwkmich) August 2, 2020
Former king Juan Carlos leaves Spain, reports say, amid corruption allegations https://t.co/IwRuLtOSG0 pic.twitter.com/HTaN7KeeiD— Reuters (@Reuters) August 3, 2020
all of los angeles wants to know who was on this guest list https://t.co/DAkFbVz0cm— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) August 4, 2020
The illusion of choice in a two party system. pic.twitter.com/9tFCcJttpo— Jameson Lopp (@lopp) August 2, 2020
We've reached the point of collapsing society where rich people are privatizing teachers one-by-one. https://t.co/lR9hl3JU41— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) August 3, 2020
— Chris Mohney (@chrismohney) August 3, 2020
It being a strange world, Yosemite Sam is actually Jewish. He bore more than a passing resemblance to his creator, Isadore Freleng, and his full name is given in one episode as Samuel Rosenbaum.— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) August 4, 2020
But until today, it never occurred to me to pronounce his first name like that. https://t.co/LDZHgbxRVz
The Chicago Sky are wearing Vote Warnock t-shirts as they play the Atlanta Dream. Warnock is ome of the Democrats running against Kelly Loeffler, the Republican Senator who is an owner of the Dream https://t.co/3QWLHq0w5K— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) August 4, 2020
Photo by Lebanese photojournalist Bilal Jawich of a nurse at Beirut Roum hospital maternity ward, cradling 3 newborns and calling for help pic.twitter.com/GWopsPi4Tg— Kareem Shaheen (@kshaheen) August 4, 2020