More Peeves:
Following on from my first 'list' - www.b3ta.com/questions/peeves/post153434

Here are some more, mainly TV related:

People on TV who don't address the camera directly - It's a trend that's caught on in the last 4 or 5 years that when a minimum of 2 people are talking they MUST face each other and be oblivious of the fact there is a large camera and sound crew around them, and we - the viewer - must assume the role of a snooper on their conversation to pick up their point. Many programmes now adopt this method of conveying information, and as viewers we just become bystanders instead of the intended audience, which we once used to be. Some presenters and personalities manage to do it on their own, addressing points to a non-existent person off screen whilst making a point intended for the viewers. Grrr.

The ITV 6.30pm News - A little bit more specific this one, but have you sat through it over the past few months? It's a scaremongering masterclass for the masses. If someone gets bitten by a gerbil, then guaranteed they'll do a 'special piece' on 'the rodent threat rampant in the UK' with the title 'killer rodents' or suchlike in big bold letters behind the presenter. It's like having the Daily Mail rammed down your throat in the early evening.

TV Doctors and other 'experts' - That Dr. Tanya Byron - she may be the new media 'luvvie' for all things medical because she scrubs up well once she's put a bit of slap on, but she really does like the sound of her own voice and seeing herself on camera. Many other 'experts' suffer a similar condition. There's probably a medical term for it. If you're an 'expert' then say your piece, present your evidence, and let us - the 'not-so' thick masses - make our own judgements. We don't need someone tarted up like a dog's dinner and forcing themselves onto the camera like some fame hungry big brother contestant to give us 'expert' opinion.

TV Camera work - Yes, crazy and frantic camera angles worked well on the Bourne film sequels, it added to the air of danger, excitement and thrill. I quite enjoyed being taken along for the ride with those films and the camera work helped... HOWEVER, there is no single benefit to adopting the same kind of camera work for someone making a pancake on TV. Messrs. Oliver, Ramsey, Blumenthal et al. please take note. Just have one camera angle, let us follow what you're doing at a steady and sedate pace, and stop trying to convince us with your camera work that at any second this glorified cake making could erupt into a full scale car chase with all the excitement of a Michael Bay film. It never will. It's just a cake.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:21, 7 replies)

TV camera work
When they dont hold a shot for more than a few seconds and keep cutting to other camera angles it actually makes me feel a bit sick.

I dont get travel sick or sea sick, and strobes dont bother me.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:25, closed)

The one that annoys me...
...are the ones who start off doing something else then "happen to notice the camera" and say "Oh, didn't see you there..."

I want to beat presenters who do that to death.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:44, closed)

People on TV who don't address the camera directly
Possibly the best line from the chick-flick Love, Actually was Bill Nighys' reference on a mocked-up kids program to "Ant or Dec"
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 7 May 2008, 10:47, closed)

The people not addressing the camera
it is actually a taught psychological technique used by all documentary/film makers and is an important element of TV interviews. basically if a person is staring directly into the camera, it can become quite intense for the viewer. the news is one of the only programmes where it is allowed as the news is an intense and serious programme where the news is intended to be directly absorbed by the viewer.

in interviews, the interviewee is answering the questions of the interviewer and not the viewers of the television programme and therefore a direct stare into the viewers eyes is, on a psychological level, intimidating, patronising and intensely uncomfortable. If you're in a group of people having a conversation and somebody asks a question but the answer is aimed directly at you, you'd feel a litttle odd.

my point being that whilst it is annoying and makes them look stupid its done in favour of making the audience a little more comfortable.

And TV camera work, quick cuts crazy angles, I think it makes everyone seasick and is an insult to the viewers intelligence
(Katzilla Follow Me! @Kat_Zilla (I don't promise funnehs), Wed 7 May 2008, 10:54, closed)

TV news in general is appalling these days
Channel 4 news excepted, obviously
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 7 May 2008, 11:03, closed)

Rabies
Got to love the hysteria generated by the rabid puppy in quarantine that bit three people.
(ToysForBigBoys would spread her legs for Nick Clegg., Wed 7 May 2008, 11:58, closed)

The ITV news is fucking appalling.
It's known as Fear News at home. I can't watch it.
( Smallbrainfield, Wed 7 May 2008, 13:33, closed)