The Illustrated Talk
Illustrated talks are a very economical and flexible method of presenting a wide variety of program subjects.
Gathering material
The most obvious approach is to go out and shoot subjects as a documentary. if your program is discussing an industrial process, you may take a video camera along to a suitable factory or works, to shoot the subject in action. This may be quite practical, but it is not necessarily the best solution.
Firstly, there are often practical limitations;
• The cost, time, travel and general organizational effort involved.
• Local distractions, intrusions and noise can interfere with location shooting. • All the required subjects may not be available.
Quite often, shooting on location reveals a lot ...
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