Friday, February 20, 2009

Ammunition

I always knew that cameras had a lot of power in today's society, but I guess I didn't realize quite how much until I cam here to L.A.

Every time our crew walks into the red carpet area, or near the ballroom, the media escorts and security guards scrutinize our credentials and camera gear with squinted eyes. They remind us over and over again that we CANNOT take still pictures. Then they huddle together and whisper about us as if we were carrying sub machine guns and grenade belts, and they're not sure if they want to let us into "the club."

I guess without scripts and executives, cameras are, in a way, mightier than the sword (or gun) because they do have the ability to capture things that the spoken word simply cannot recreate.

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