Episode 130 • • 36:07 - 40:02
130: Cloudbusting
Television Production Techniques and the Noughties Method
The artifice of television news and interviews is deconstructed, specifically the use of "noughties" or reaction shots. Producers often film an interviewer nodding or re-asking questions after the subject has left to create the illusion of a multi-camera conversation. This segment highlights how electronic press kits and clever editing have been used to fake reality since the early 1980s.