Poker 425 - This Week's Show, starting tonight (Wednesday)

[Robert HM]

Oi!! Cheeky so and so, it was taken in Summer last year in a lovely pub garden in the heart of Surrey.

[RED-DOG]

<snigger>

[AdamM]

-bw- Robert actually looks more like your pic that his. well done.

you should definitely be doing these for cash. why not do loads of poker pros then offer them to the players in question for their own sites (after copyrighting them of copurse). You could also approach the online sites that sponsor the players and poker magazines for pics of their colomnists.

good luck with it

[tikay]

Just to repeat -bw-. If you decide to produce these commercially, blonde will support you along the lines that we have worked wih AdamM & shufleuphirts. Why not discuss this with Adam, via PM? We have not given Adam a bean, but we have "linked" with his venture in several ways, & we'd be pleased to do the same for you.

Now, how about one of "your" pics of Mr Burns - sorry - Dave Colclough.

[Junior Senior]

excellent charicatures!
is there some software that can create these from normal pictures or do you do them yourself from scratch?

[ifm]

i think they're software

[RED-DOG]

Tony, when you do the 'set piece' interviews, ie Greg Raymer, why can't they have a lapel mike or something instead of waving that great monsrtosity in their face?

[Heid]

Tony, when you do the 'set piece' interviews, ie Greg Raymer, why can't they have a lapel mike or something instead of waving that great monsrtosity in their face?

Why do you have to talk about Tony like that?

[tikay]

Hi Red,

A monsrtosity eh? That like a monstrosity? (There you go Trace T, that's got him back).

The "lapel mike" picks up a lot of "clutter" or background noise from the room in which the interview is held. You will have noted that the interviews where a hand-held mike is used are usually in open card-rooms. The "lollipop" is more directional, & is used for that reason. On occasions, the furry dog thingy can be used if it can be held out of the cameras line of vision. We often hold it just under the table, where it cannot be seen, but it does require a rather contorted sitting position.

It also depends if it is desirable to see the interviewer. Most of the venue interviews for 425 are done by Rhow, & she's easy on the eye, & worth seeing, shall be say. So the lollipop is ideal. If it's a "one shot" (just the interviewee) we more often than not use the furry dog. (As in "exit interviews" after a player busts out).

For the in-depth interviews, which I usually do, we do these away from "open" venues, in a studio, or hotel bedroom. In these cases - see the Tony G, Roland De Wolfe or Paul Maxfield interviews for example - a lapel mike is used, and the footage of the interviewer (in this case me) is fiilmed retrospectively. On occasion, we use a furry dog thingy for these, too,  as long as it's out of vision. An oddity of the "in depths" is that I ask the questions, but that part is not recorded - just the answer is recorded, (we only use one camera). After the interview is finished, the single camera (we are poor) then films me asking the questions again, seemingly to the subject, but in fact I am talking to an (out of vision) empty chair. To ensure my eyes appear to be looking in exactly the right direction, they sometimes place in the now vacant chair a dummy - usually the Producer.

Finally, to my mind, the perfect interview requires ONLY the subject to be in-vision. And, ideally, little "stattaco" 6 or 8 word questions, subtly phrased, to a subject who is "sharp", will produce 2 or 3 minute replies - THAT is what I aim to do.  For that reason, I was pretty pleased, on a personal level, with the Tony G piece, except that they chose to do the "two-shots" with me in vision. But that's outwith my control.

Sorry to go on, but as you can probably tell, this TV stuff fascinates me.

[RED-DOG]

Oh well, I knew my come uppance wouldn't be long in coming (people in glass houses)

The nuts and bolts part of the TV stuff fascinates me too, I really like the interviews where all the players answer the same set of questions, it's interesting to compare their views
 

[tikay]

We call them "Profiles" Red. And this makes makes my point perfectly. Little staccato questions (in this case, graphics are used), with no interviewer in sight. You see the subject, & the subject only, & the questions are phrased such that the subject can express themselves properly.

[wormster]

& there was me thinking that you were in the interview because you demand a certain amount of air time each week!!!!

all the best,
 the dummy in the chair 

ps, the real reason tony's questions are recorded seperately is to cover up all his cock-ups in the real interview!!!

[tikay]

Doh!

PS - Wormster is the Producer chappie of the show I (used to,...) appear on. Very nice guy, extremely talented. Not got a Roman nose, not at all.

[RED-DOG]

Mr Wormster, have you ever thought of putting together a little cock up compilation 

[wormster]

thanks for the compliments, you're such an honest chap tikay!!! thank you for all your support, now where's ed giddins' number  

see you sunday & make sure you're on the final table so we can interview YOU!!!