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A down-the-line interview is vastly different to a telephone conversation, most obviously because you can actually see the person.
Aside from the almost imperceptible satellite delay, there is nothing to prevent the interviewer from picking up "reaction, body language, inference and inflection".
Stuart, a down-the-line guest on location cannot see the interviewer in the studio. So picking up reactions and inflections only works one way, and it is exactly like a phone conversation as far as the guest is concerned. And most DTL interviews are shot MS or MCU so the interviewer still can't see the wider body language.
Satellite delay is not always imperceptible and ranges from about a second (not really a problem) to three or four depending on the number of earthstation bounces and/or videophone feeds. I didn't say interviews couldn't be done DTL or even that some viewers wouldn't be bothered by them as against a studio inteview. I said they're not the same and that most presenters would rather do an interview face-to-face. And by and large, that's true.
It's like the difference between conducting an interview on the phone or in a room: you can gauge more reaction, body language, inference and inflection from a face-to-face interview. And of course, there's no satellite delay too. So, like I say, it's not the same.
A down-the-line interview is vastly different to a telephone conversation, most obviously because you can actually see the person.
Aside from the almost imperceptible satellite delay, there is nothing to prevent the interviewer from picking up "reaction, body language, inference and inflection".
Stuart, a down-the-line guest on location cannot see the interviewer in the studio. So picking up reactions and inflections only works one way, and it is exactly like a phone conversation as far as the guest is concerned. And most DTL interviews are shot MS or MCU so the interviewer still can't see the wider body language.
Satellite delay is not always imperceptible and ranges from about a second (not really a problem) to three or four depending on the number of earthstation bounces and/or videophone feeds. I didn't say interviews couldn't be done DTL or even that some viewers wouldn't be bothered by them as against a studio inteview. I said they're not the same and that most presenters would rather do an interview face-to-face. And by and large, that's true.
May be the one of the last things she says, but good for her.
