photographer tips>Simple tricks can save you in editing
| If you’re having trouble with an edit, consider this advice from Brad Houston, 1999 NPPA editor of the year, formerly at KUSA-TV in Denver, CO. “Tight shots, really tight shots, can help you get from here to there.” To make it easier to find those shots, Houston shoots a bunch of close-ups on the same tape, all in a row–a tactic that can mean the difference between missing slot and making air. It also helps to be aware of what Jon Menell, 2001 editor of the year, calls “the psychology of the edit room.” “We see people’s work at their worst,” he points out. Rather than telling a reporter what can’t be done, “I always try to make their dreams come true.” When it won’t work, he says, then you have to talk. |
