Wednesday, 19 October 2016

What the Camera Man Saw

Many weird and wonderful things have been spotted in the background of news reports. It’s well documented on YouTube; from sports fans longing to get a glimpse of fame during their celebrations to local yobs acting up in the background often with the reporter losing it as a result. Modern broadcasters are often able to blur out the background to create more focus on their reporters while protecting the public as they pass by; but if you look close enough you can still see the outline of people going about their daily lives. I once saw a highway maintenance van nearly run a couple as it made its oblivious way down a pedestrianised high street. The truck calmly carried on while the yonder woman held back the elderly man then stopped to comfort him. Once the man had been told what had happened, he shook his fist at the offending vehicle. Of course, the newsreader was oblivious to all this as she was facing the camera, but I wonder if it caught the attention of the cameraman. 

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