Posts by Damian Christie
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Russell and Damian interview John Webber from the Glass Packaging Forum about, well, glass packaging and the Forum's involvement in the Pick It Up series of concerts.
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Thom Watts reports from the NZ Music Awards Technical Awards and Finalist Announcements.
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Craig Ranapia's 180 Seconds
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Most of today's news offerings wouldn't be worth keeping, surely?
Let's not turn it into one of those threads eh Steve?
Honestly, most of the news back then was even worse. "In Parliament today...[insert still picture of Parliament]..." and large chunks of a newsreader just talking to the camera without any pics at all. Regardless of how it's used and abused, there's a lot more colour and pictures in the news right now. Those big events we remember (stay tuned for next week's Springbok special) were definitely the exception.
Funnily enough, "I Like That One 2" was my planned name for a request segment I wanted to include (and still might) in the longer TV version of This Week in TV History. Oh how the Christie Family of Waiouru enjoyed seeing their name scroll across the screen when we requested the Orangutan hiding an orange in its mouth from 'Silver Spoons'. Although I think in the early 80s it was Roger Gasgoine (sp?) who hosted it? Or was it a Leishman?
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Damian & Russell talk to Massive Company Director Sam Scott and actor Blair Strang about 'Whero's New Net'.
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Craig Ranapia discusses the storm surrounding the schoolboy rugby scuffle.
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Russell and Damian talk to Tahuna Breaks about the release of their new album, Black, Brown & White.
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Glynis Bartlam talks to National's Simon Bridges and Labour's Jacinda Ardern about the pros and cons of being among the youngest MPs in Parliament.
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Damian, was 1970s TV news or specific items thereof routinely archived, or was it haphazardly chancy?
Unfortunately the latter Chris. I just did a bit of a search, and that interview seems lost to the mists of time. It can be quite frustrating, I was trying to find a news item of the day Norm Kirk actually died and couldn't locate anything, only some stuff on his funeral a few days later.
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Yeah, it'll be 'Revolution' for sure, which I actually got out to watch only a few weeks ago. It's 4 x 1 hour episodes, and as Brenda points out, you can watch the first one (and heaps of other good stuff) at NZ On Screen.
One of the interesting things I find going through the archives is how much stories were allowed to 'breathe' back then. In a news story, the reporter might make a comment, then you get 30 seconds of footage before they pipe up again. It's great, although sometimes you do find yourself reaching for the FF button - am I that much of a product of my generation?
And I should point out, when I say 'big chunks' and 'largely unmolested', I am cutting a number of these stories down so they fit into the package which I intend to be about 5-6 minutes each week. But I try and do this by taking out entire sections, rather than making the cutting between shots more pacey.