'Want to be on telly? How to react if you see a camera.' Blog Discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's 'Want to be on telly? How to react if you see a camera.' blog. Please read the blog first, as the discussion follows it.

Read Martin's 'Want to be on telly? How to react if you see a camera.' Blog

MarkVarley

I was in Angel yesterday and noticed a camera pointing at a banks doorway with someone obviously the focus of it's attention, I noticed it too late to react as I was coming into shot when I saw it so just ignored it and kept on walking.

I work as a photographer and generally it annoys me if I'm looking through my camera and people do the 'halt!' thing or even walk past stooped like a monty python sketch, it could take me a few seconds to compose my shot and it's no problem snapping it when there isn't a head in the way so from my perspective I agree, if you see a camera just ignore it, if they didn't want you in shot there would be people either side keeping you out of shot.

This doesn't apply to security cameras though, if you have a dislike for them or you want to brighten up a few seconds of a camera operators dull day feel free to grin like an idiot, moon, etcetera. (I once worked as a security camera operator, dull, very dull).

nearlyrich

This made me chuckle as I remember a certain Money Saving Expert doing a shoot in Manchester competing with a very loud chap spouting "the end of the world is nigh repent now" for about an hour.

Just watching the update, I might be on it LOL, even though I told the camera man I didn't want to be!! (I am shy)

By the way I wasn't the born again chap just in case you were wondering.

Aidan_Folkes

One Sunday, coming down the escalators at Reading station there was a political panel show being recorded on the concourse. I headed for one exit, stopped and phoned my parents, got them to find the show (it was the BBC South local politics show, wasn't difficult to find since Portillo was on it), Sky+ it, and then I walked normally back past it to the other exit!

pounds_and_pensive

I've only ever been on TV once, and that was an accident that I was entirely unaware of while it was happening (caught on camera eating a giant pasty behind the Bristol Rovers goal when they unexpectedly scored). I had no idea the first time I got married that it was traditional for the neighbours to come to their front doors and take pictures of the bride on her way to the car - my reaction was such that they all had photos of a blurry white cloud to show me a fortnight later.

Judging by that, the first TV cameraman to catch me on film with my knowledge will get exclusive footage of the human land-speed record being broken

PisceanPet

Worked for me, I strolled casually up behind Judith Chalmers while she filmed a piece for Holiday in Leicester a few years ago - so casually I didn't even bother to look who it was. (Although the bright pink jacket should have been a clue.) It was only a few weeks later while watching Holiday that I spotted myself!

veggie4life

well the time i got my 1.5 seconds of fame was during the final landing of concorde at heathrow airport I was walking down at the front of the grandstand where all the people who came to watch could sit and a reporter nabbed me and asked if she could ask a couple of questions I was so chuffed lol but tried to act as cool as a cucumber - im a professional dont you know

SUESMITH_2

i was on teachers tv, they did a programme about me. i had always wanted to be on tv but when it was broadcast i couldnt bear to be in the same room.

grhm

It does seem amazing to me that TV crews think that they can set up where they like and start ordering people about like they're more important than the rest of us. Stroppy camera operators/reporters should be very careful. If they tried that with me I'd soon be reporting them for harassment, obstruction of the highway(pavement), threatening behaviour, etc (passive self defence only, of course). I also reckon I could out-wait them - I'd have no deadline to keep.

alwaysonthego_2

My aunty was once on tv when I was a tot playing her violin in a band. I was so excited that I was waving to her and was most upset when she didn't wave back.

I got caught on local tv news when I went to see levellers play a local gig lol