It's not all wildfires and car chases that make up my day at work.
Okay, sure, the people who bean count might wish those stories filled
the time, but the reality is that we cover other stories.
If you were watching our newscast earlier this week and happened to see a
Stacey Butler
story about the woman on whom Dan Brown based a character featured in
his latest magnum opus, there were a few shots of the book itself that
you might find interesting.
Yes, it was a slow day. i was working a day side shift, but the
reporter (Stacey) I was assigned to work with wasn't going out into the
field.
No HD liveshots for me that day, but there were a couple of elements
for her story she was going to need. Nice shots of the book itself.
Having been shiuffling from van to van over the last couple of months,
I've left a good deal of my "specialty" gear at home. One of the
basics that I use all the time is a large piece of dark black material
used to create impromptu product stages. The material I use is called
duvatine (or duvetyne) and you buy it from photo and video supply
stores.
Nope. I had none with me that day, so being the MacGruber kind of guy
that I am, I used a black fleece hoodie jacket that I happened to have
with me that day.
I set up my camera in the garage area of the station and shot into the side of the van.
I also narrowed the light on the book by using a piece of black wrap.
That's a thick aluminum foil material sold also at photo and video
supply stores.
Good for shaping light, but not so good for storing leftovers.
Like I said, it wasn't a particularly busy day, but even the little
odds and ends need to be shot and that's what I do. I shoot things.
Sometimes the backstory is more interesting than the actual story, but
the cool thing is that every day is something different.
Plus they pay me.
What I do isn't as complicated as a Dan Brown plot, but I could throw
in a couple of car chases and maybe a fire and heck, maybe we could get
Tom Hanks interested in playing a role in the movie version of my life
at work.
Tom would have to be content with the sidekick or comic relief role.
If there's a movie to be made, darned if I'm not playing the part of
beFrank.
Helloooo? Hollywood?
