Sharon Davies At The Pool Side!

[Bravehearted]

Does anyone know why Sharon, who has been interviewing Commonwealth Games swimmers at the poolside, is only being shown from behind only showing the right hand side
of her face?

[Caribeing]

Funny you mentioned that, noticed that as well, all I have seen is her long blonde hair hasn't had as much exposure as Claire Balding, Rebecca Adlington etc etc!!

[Canary42]

She's shy. Or doesn't believe in taking the spotlight from the true subjects of the interviews.

[Buenchico]

It's common practice for TV directors when working with only one handheld camera to shoot the interviewee's face from over the shoulder of the interviewer, so that viewers only see the side of the interviewer's face. (We were teaching kids that, in the school's TV studio, back in the 1970s and '80s. It avoids the camera swinging backwards and forwards between the two participants, which looks amateurish and can even induce a sense of motion sickness in viewers). You'll normally only see the interviewer's face when a second camera is used, enabling the director to cut between the two.

So my guess is that Games' organisers have either restricted the BBC to a single poolside camera or simply that the director has chosen to allocate his/her resources that way.

[Slapshot]

Still looks fantastic though.....

[weecalf]

text the programme and ask ,they like questions ,lets them know people are watching .

[Bravehearted]

Tried that Weecalf, nothing back from BBC since Saturday, but I agree with Buenchico's explanation.

[Mick-the-Miller]

She must be well into her fifties and still looks good!

[weecalf]

beeb did not answer odd ,sinister whats going on .

[Slapshot]

Think Chris is right, Tollcross isn't the biggest place poolside