Joey Ketcham
When the camera is rolling, SHUT UP!
The topic is pretty self explanatory, and I’m not saying this in a hateful way so please do not take offense to it. And this is not directed at any one specific person. I’m just saying this in general.
I was watching the video on cnn.com of the storm chaser who got caught in the tornado in Nebraska and I was very annoyed at how loud this guy was. He was constantly talking and even worse how he was basically celebrating it.
I have just as much love and respect for tornadoes just like any other storm chaser, but I also avoid talking and celebrating it when I have my camera rolling. I do this for a couple reasons.
I’m sure that John Diel and anyone else who has or does work in the media field will know where I’m coming from when I say this.
When I worked as a news videographer for several years, one of the things I learned pretty quickly is that audio is just as important as the video is. Seriously, audio can make or break your shot. When you have a combination of both great video and great audio, it’s like it comes to life... it becomes a 3D experience. If that makes sense.
Take away the audio or add in constant talking and, to me, it just ruins the surreal experience. Seriously, when I watch video I want to hear the nat sound. I want to hear the wind, the sound of the tornado… not someone in the background screaming “YEAHHHHHHH… WOOO HOOOOOO… LOOK AT THAT.. YEAH YEAH.. WOOOOâ€.
Secondly if my video is shown on TV, I certainly don’t want my voice heard in the background yelling with excitement and cheering on the tornado as if I was at a football game.
I’m not saying that we should stop enjoying the beauty of tornadoes and that we shouldn’t be filled with adrenaline during the moment, I’m just saying to keep in mind that the victims of that tornado who lost everything might see that video and may not like the fact that a storm chaser is openly celebrating something that destroyed everything they had.
And lastly it’s about having a certain level of professionalism. I know, professionalism in storm chasing? What I mean is this. Listen to the guy in that video, every other word out of his mouth was cussing. I’m not offended by cussing at all, but there are people who do take offense to cussing. And it certainly does take away the full experience of the video when you nothing but beeps in the audio because the guy can’t contain himself.
So when I say professionalism, I’m not talking about going out chasing dressed in full suit and tie. What I do mean is when the camera is rolling, pipe down and watch what you’re saying, especially if you plan on selling your video to a news organization.
The topic is pretty self explanatory, and I’m not saying this in a hateful way so please do not take offense to it. And this is not directed at any one specific person. I’m just saying this in general.
I was watching the video on cnn.com of the storm chaser who got caught in the tornado in Nebraska and I was very annoyed at how loud this guy was. He was constantly talking and even worse how he was basically celebrating it.
I have just as much love and respect for tornadoes just like any other storm chaser, but I also avoid talking and celebrating it when I have my camera rolling. I do this for a couple reasons.
I’m sure that John Diel and anyone else who has or does work in the media field will know where I’m coming from when I say this.
When I worked as a news videographer for several years, one of the things I learned pretty quickly is that audio is just as important as the video is. Seriously, audio can make or break your shot. When you have a combination of both great video and great audio, it’s like it comes to life... it becomes a 3D experience. If that makes sense.
Take away the audio or add in constant talking and, to me, it just ruins the surreal experience. Seriously, when I watch video I want to hear the nat sound. I want to hear the wind, the sound of the tornado… not someone in the background screaming “YEAHHHHHHH… WOOO HOOOOOO… LOOK AT THAT.. YEAH YEAH.. WOOOOâ€.
Secondly if my video is shown on TV, I certainly don’t want my voice heard in the background yelling with excitement and cheering on the tornado as if I was at a football game.
I’m not saying that we should stop enjoying the beauty of tornadoes and that we shouldn’t be filled with adrenaline during the moment, I’m just saying to keep in mind that the victims of that tornado who lost everything might see that video and may not like the fact that a storm chaser is openly celebrating something that destroyed everything they had.
And lastly it’s about having a certain level of professionalism. I know, professionalism in storm chasing? What I mean is this. Listen to the guy in that video, every other word out of his mouth was cussing. I’m not offended by cussing at all, but there are people who do take offense to cussing. And it certainly does take away the full experience of the video when you nothing but beeps in the audio because the guy can’t contain himself.
So when I say professionalism, I’m not talking about going out chasing dressed in full suit and tie. What I do mean is when the camera is rolling, pipe down and watch what you’re saying, especially if you plan on selling your video to a news organization.