SmlMktChief
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...SHOT VIDEO OF THE PRESIDENT ARRIVING IN HOBBS, NM. SHOT THE SPEACH TO THE PEOPLE AND SHOT HIM LEAVING FOR DENVER. PRETTY COOL FOR A SMALL MARKET GUY.
Today I....
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.. well actually last friday, I finally bought my new car, Chevrolet Blazer (the 5 door model)! There are less than 50 of those cars here in Finland and maybe that's why they cost three times more than in the US. And turn peoples heads when I drive around with it. 
The same evening a pyromaniac started to set places on fire here and at one location, the police field chief spontaneously started to admire my car. And let me go further than others.
My previous car was a Chrysler Voyager (is it called Plymouth in the USA?) from 1996 with no A/C..
What I would like to know is, has anyone installed any extra lights to the roof (I mean the "alley" lights like those in Terry's truck and maybe the yellow warning lights)? And what kind of shelfs for the equipment have you built in the trunk?
Also, is there a place where I could order consoles for scanners and two-way radios?
Anything else I should be aware of? Any experiences with the 4x4?
I'm so happy I almost can't stand myself.
-Tapio
p.s. Sorry about my English. It's not my native language.
The same evening a pyromaniac started to set places on fire here and at one location, the police field chief spontaneously started to admire my car. And let me go further than others.
My previous car was a Chrysler Voyager (is it called Plymouth in the USA?) from 1996 with no A/C..
What I would like to know is, has anyone installed any extra lights to the roof (I mean the "alley" lights like those in Terry's truck and maybe the yellow warning lights)? And what kind of shelfs for the equipment have you built in the trunk?
Also, is there a place where I could order consoles for scanners and two-way radios?
Anything else I should be aware of?
Any experiences with the 4x4?I'm so happy I almost can't stand myself.
-Tapio
p.s. Sorry about my English. It's not my native language.
ewink
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Check out Galls
www.galls.com
They have everything you need! (well, for scanner mounts and lights and stuff...)
I really, really wany a Blazer. I love those trucks. Good choice!
www.galls.com
They have everything you need! (well, for scanner mounts and lights and stuff...)
I really, really wany a Blazer. I love those trucks. Good choice!
Hey Erin,
Thanks for the support! Believe it or not, people are still debating my actions from that night.
I certainly don't pretend to be the 'Know All and Be All' of ENG shooting... hell, I've only been at it for half a year in 'the real world', so I'm all for useful tips and tricks from others who've be at it longer than I.
I suppose what really got me erked, was the tone of voice the reporter used...as though I purposefully went out of my way make each shot shaky, just to piss the station off. Oh well.
I don't think certain folks quite understand what goes on out in the field, and especially overnight. There isn't a night that goes by, where someone doesn't harass me and the competition, telling us we have no soul, no respect, (the harassment comes from some cops and firefighters too). We literally put our security on the line every night for our stations.
Thanks again, it's nice to know there are some people who understand.
julia
Thanks for the support! Believe it or not, people are still debating my actions from that night.
I certainly don't pretend to be the 'Know All and Be All' of ENG shooting... hell, I've only been at it for half a year in 'the real world', so I'm all for useful tips and tricks from others who've be at it longer than I.
I suppose what really got me erked, was the tone of voice the reporter used...as though I purposefully went out of my way make each shot shaky, just to piss the station off. Oh well.
I don't think certain folks quite understand what goes on out in the field, and especially overnight. There isn't a night that goes by, where someone doesn't harass me and the competition, telling us we have no soul, no respect, (the harassment comes from some cops and firefighters too). We literally put our security on the line every night for our stations.
Thanks again, it's nice to know there are some people who understand.
julia
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..the exhaust pipe of my new Blazer (see a few posts above) got and broke down. I guess I pushed the pedal too hard. (Actually, when passing one car I heard a bang and then the car started to make an awful and loud noise..)
Now the glamour of a "new car" is all gone.. :-(
Have to get it fixed tomorrow. Too bad its saturday.
(Actually, when passing one car I heard a bang and then the car started to make an awful and loud noise..)Now the glamour of a "new car" is all gone.. :-(
Have to get it fixed tomorrow. Too bad its saturday.
BluesDaddy
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...started off with my "Friday fix", a mocha shake from Port City Java. Ummm good ...oh yeah, what I did today.
Get to work at 10AM. (I'm a little bit of a slacker on Fridays because I know I'll be out late shooting football.) Spend the first hour or so making calls; setting up shoots for the Sweeps series I'm doing. I set up a shoot for overnight Monday 11/1... hello McFly, that's the night before Election Day. Guess I won't be getting much sleep those two days.
Around noon the Assignment Editor steps out and leaves me on the desk to cover. Soon I hear a fire call on the scanner. While I monitor that, the phone starts blowing up. First I hear from "Scanner George" who listens to scanners for us. He alerts me to a 10-43 (chase) that's heading towards town. The fire alarm is Condition 7 (false) but the chase is the real deal. I roll a photog. In the time it takes him to get going, the stolen vehicle covers about 15 miles. It ends up crashing after the famous Pittman Maneuver is applied by one of Craven County's finest. We decide to give the story to our new reporter, on his first day on the job...newsroom live pkg in the 5. Talk about getting thrown right in the fire. I edit for him.
When his 6PM shot is done, I load Live 1 and prepare to hit the road for football. As I'm heading out the door, an accident comes across the scanner. Gasoline tanker. It's sorta on my way, so I'll get it. A lady calls in; tells us she can see a black smoke plume 10 miles away. Arriving on-scene 35 minutes later, there is no flame left for me. The Deputies hold me back about 1/4 mile. Live wires on a pole that is burned. While waiting to be let in close, I shoot some lame full-telephoto 18dB crap. Finally the power line situation is cleared up and we can get close. I have been joined by a good photog from Channel 9. We shoot the burned cab and tanker lying upside down in the culvert. The driver clearly did not make it. The heavy wreckers tie in their winch cables and begin to right the smoking hulk. All of a sudden there is a huge flare-up as oxygen hits fuel and glowing metal. Utility workers scramble to move the bucket truck back from danger. Fire fighters jump to their hoses. I get my flames. Wait around for the Highway Patrol sound, then back on track to football.
Half hour later, I put in a 5-minute appearance at the first game. No time for more. I need to get to the second game in time to get enough good material. The second game is nearby. I get enough to tell the story. Now the reason for having the live truck tonight. I push up and begin to edit. First a vo/sot on the tanker, then highlites of the two games. Tune in, feed video. Set up camera position on the field for the live coach interview in the football show.
11:35PM I'm off the air. Quick tear down and head home. 12:30AM, I pull back into the garage and unload.
Get to work at 10AM. (I'm a little bit of a slacker on Fridays because I know I'll be out late shooting football.) Spend the first hour or so making calls; setting up shoots for the Sweeps series I'm doing. I set up a shoot for overnight Monday 11/1... hello McFly, that's the night before Election Day. Guess I won't be getting much sleep those two days.
Around noon the Assignment Editor steps out and leaves me on the desk to cover. Soon I hear a fire call on the scanner. While I monitor that, the phone starts blowing up. First I hear from "Scanner George" who listens to scanners for us. He alerts me to a 10-43 (chase) that's heading towards town. The fire alarm is Condition 7 (false) but the chase is the real deal. I roll a photog. In the time it takes him to get going, the stolen vehicle covers about 15 miles. It ends up crashing after the famous Pittman Maneuver is applied by one of Craven County's finest. We decide to give the story to our new reporter, on his first day on the job...newsroom live pkg in the 5. Talk about getting thrown right in the fire. I edit for him.
When his 6PM shot is done, I load Live 1 and prepare to hit the road for football. As I'm heading out the door, an accident comes across the scanner. Gasoline tanker. It's sorta on my way, so I'll get it. A lady calls in; tells us she can see a black smoke plume 10 miles away. Arriving on-scene 35 minutes later, there is no flame left for me. The Deputies hold me back about 1/4 mile. Live wires on a pole that is burned. While waiting to be let in close, I shoot some lame full-telephoto 18dB crap. Finally the power line situation is cleared up and we can get close. I have been joined by a good photog from Channel 9. We shoot the burned cab and tanker lying upside down in the culvert. The driver clearly did not make it. The heavy wreckers tie in their winch cables and begin to right the smoking hulk. All of a sudden there is a huge flare-up as oxygen hits fuel and glowing metal. Utility workers scramble to move the bucket truck back from danger. Fire fighters jump to their hoses. I get my flames. Wait around for the Highway Patrol sound, then back on track to football.
Half hour later, I put in a 5-minute appearance at the first game. No time for more. I need to get to the second game in time to get enough good material. The second game is nearby. I get enough to tell the story. Now the reason for having the live truck tonight. I push up and begin to edit. First a vo/sot on the tanker, then highlites of the two games. Tune in, feed video. Set up camera position on the field for the live coach interview in the football show.
11:35PM I'm off the air. Quick tear down and head home. 12:30AM, I pull back into the garage and unload.
followed a congress man as he went on a tour of a local research facility that dables in gov. defense contracts. This place is a private company that resembles a military base. We (reporter and i) check in at the security gate and escorted through the huge campus to our destination. It starts off in a confrence room with a bunch of suits giving presentations to the congressman then the tour begins. The group makes their way through differnt areas of the building with lots of cool toys. While following the congressman I was inadvertantly granted access to a highly classified area and allowed to shoot things that weren't intended to be made public . As the reporter and i were walking out of the door, a frantic employee of the facility chased us down and alerted us to the situation. We were told we couldn't leave the building with the b-roll of this paticular area. So we complied and recorded bars over the 30 secs of b-roll. The research company had thier own staff snapper there and even made him delete the images he took in the area. Nothing earth shatering in the room, just training equipment for the airforce.
. As the reporter and i were walking out of the door, a frantic employee of the facility chased us down and alerted us to the situation. We were told we couldn't leave the building with the b-roll of this paticular area. So we complied and recorded bars over the 30 secs of b-roll. The research company had thier own staff snapper there and even made him delete the images he took in the area. Nothing earth shatering in the room, just training equipment for the airforce. Lenslinger
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Only partially because it's my last name, but just what is the "famous Pittman Maneuver'?
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focusthis
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I've heard it referred to as the
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"PIT" manuever is where the cop pulls up to about your blindspot to nudge your car at the rear axle, enough to break traction there, and cause you to spin into a ditch or oncoming traffic so that ex-Sheriff John Bunell can put you on TV.
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"PIT" manuever is where the cop pulls up to about your blindspot to nudge your car at the rear axle, enough to break traction there, and cause you to spin into a ditch or oncoming traffic so that ex-Sheriff John Bunell can put you on TV.
SeattleShooter
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The PIT maneuver is designed to cause the car to not brake traction, but to use the traction to stall the car. If a car is going 30mph+ and gets spun by the PIT maneuver, the tires that have the power are now being forced to go in reverse because of the inertia. An automatic car in drive cannot take the tires going backwards at that speed…so the motor stalls. There was video here a while ago where the cops attempted the PIT maneuver a number of times. The car spun but never lost power because it was a manual transmission. Its because the guy just put in the clutch every time he was going backwards thus never stalling. But in the end, it still worked in the cops favor.
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Terry E. Toller
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Julia, don't let it bother you! That reporter obviously has no real world experience. Sometimes I think they only know what they see in their cubicle and during the hour or two that they are in the field every day. That reporter was an idiot!!!
I once had a producer from News Travel Network complain that I refused to use a tripod while in a rubber raft shooting white water on the snake river.
A TRIPOD IN A RUBBER RAFT on class 3 and 4 rapids!!! When he complained to the higher ups, we all laughed at him...
Sounds to me like you did a great job!
I once had a producer from News Travel Network complain that I refused to use a tripod while in a rubber raft shooting white water on the snake river.
A TRIPOD IN A RUBBER RAFT on class 3 and 4 rapids!!! When he complained to the higher ups, we all laughed at him...
Sounds to me like you did a great job!
Terry E. Toller
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Riots are a bitch! I was covering the Hurst food give away in Oakland during the Symbionese Liberation Army days and it turned into a riot. Of corse... A photog I was standing next to when it all began got hit with the claw end of a hammer, in the head! He lost the sight in his right eye! The station he worked for had a special viewfinder with an extension made for him so he could shoot with his left eye. This was in the film days...