"Dave Plowman" <dave.sound@argonet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4c267b4f92dave.sound@argonet.co.uk...
> In article <_EH1b.484$O57.138239@wards.force9.net>,
>    Bryan <bryan@%nospam%ivisionsystems.com> wrote:
> > So if the cameraman is getting shots of the building where the bomb went
> > off, with an hour to go to air, with his stereo mic on the front of the
> > camera, and he realises there's a better shot on the other side of the
> > building, he pops round the corner.  In the edit, they take both shots
> > and put them in sequence.  The viewer *sees" two shots of the building.
> > The viewer *hears* the police sirens suddenly switch from left ear to
> > right ear. Very odd sounding.  No way you have time to sort that out in
> > the mix you get time for in news.
>
> With custom designed gear in the edit suite you'd include a L-R reverse.
> But if the pictures have crossed the 'line', who cares?

Because with closeups, you've no idea where the line is.  This isn't a
tennis court - it's news - with short deadlines, and even shorter pieces.
No viewer has time to see the line in a 10 second piece.

And how many news editor run shots in reverse to make them look different
when they're short of pics?  Lost count of the number of times I've seen a
seagull flying backwards...  Who cares about the line when you can get away
with that and no one notices (I look for these things, btw - I'm not your
normal viewer!)

Bryan