Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Can we have less screaming ?

An excellent selection of 'quotes from conversations with the tv bulletins desk' from Tweets by grizzled Glaswegian and BBC Middle East correspondent, Quentin Sommerville, which I feel will grow over time....

1/ Amazing piece for the Six, I have a few suggestions for Ten.

2/ I liked the way you slowly build it up, but can we put the explosion at the top ?

3/ Have you seen the pics that just appeared on twitter/Instagram/snapchat, the editor wants to include them. (Repeat every 15 mins until air)

4/ It looks awful there. You and the team must be exhausted. I'd like a recut and live top and tail for later please.

5/ The editor would like to include a few more elements but we've got a tight bulletin so if you could make it shorter that would be great.

6/ Where did you say you were again ?

7/ Amazing access, such an important story, great to get this exclusively and it looks so dangerous. We were thinking  2'15" duration ?

8/ Can you make it feel more Vice Newsy ?

9/ Yes, I know a lot of people have died,  but do you have shots with less blood ?

10/ Calls desk, asks for editor, producer shouts across office, "I have Clinton Sommerville for you".

11/ We need to make it clear to the viewer that you weren't in danger as you were hiding behind the Humvee while Islamic State shot at you. Perhaps a short script line ?

12/ Great exclusive last night, hear you've been working on it for weeks. Now, how do we move the story forward today ?

13/ Can we have less screaming ? (Future title of my autobiography)

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