This ‘attempt to look busy while the cameras are on’ doesn’t quite pass muster
The magic of TV sometimes requires that people appear to be doing something which they’re not.
Like ‘looking busy’ for instance (a phenomenon that is not uncommon whether there are cameras around or not, but that’s a different story).
We say this after a video of someone attempting to look busy for the TV news went viral on Reddit. It’s fair to say they don’t quite pass muster.
And our favourite things people said about it.
‘Their fingers are so fast for eyes to follow.’
Pusssssssssssssssssa‘So fast they float.’
PlenitudeOpulence‘I’m just imagining the cameraman cracking up while recording this.’
Eliel_Alves‘The funniest part is the director thinking “yeah that’s the one right there.”
Sietemadrid‘She be casting a fucking magic spell on the keyboard.’
SanNoRaimei
And if you fancy a deeper dive …
‘As a cameraman myself I can shed some light on what’s going on here.
‘We often need cutaways/broll of someone working at their desk. Now if the person in question hasn’t done this before they’ll often just sit there staring at their screen whilst grinning and generally looking uncomfortable.
‘So we give them a little gentle direction to help it look more natural: “Would you mind pretending to type on your keyboard? It doesn’t have to be for real though, it’s just for the shot.”
‘And with some special people and for whatever reason as soon as we say the word “pretend”, their brain jolts and they think we mean pretend to type as in fake type rather than just write whatever comes to mind … what you ate for breakfast or your kids names or anything like that.
‘So their hands float gingerly above the keyboard like they’re playing an air piano and we say nothing, and then we use that shot because we’re sick, depraved, miserable people who’ll take anything that brightens up our day.’
legendhairymonkey
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