Westwood Archives

MJ (The Media Experience) Remembered

Jul 08, 2009

A short essay on the MJ media experience here.

Bangkok does a pretty compelling gridlock. Tokyo skips to the rhythm of subways and cyclists. Los Angeles? It throbs to the thwop-thwop of the news-copters . In LA, when celebrities are involved the network media are the first responders everyone else is playing catch-up.

I happened to be close to the UCLA hospital as the events surrounding Micheal Jackson's death unfolded - it's not easy trying to work at home with 4 news-copters hovering overhead so eventually gave up, cycled a few blocks and shot of a few reels - a few which are posted, along with future perfect thoughts of the media scrum. here, here and here.

Location: United States » Los Angeles » Westwood

Data Capture Redundancy

Jul 08, 2009

Redundancy, quality, over-compensation...

Location: United States » Los Angeles » Westwood

Witness to a Drive By

Jul 08, 2009

All of the drivers passing the media scrum rubbernecked the scene, about 1 in 6 recorded on mobile phones, and the occasional digital camera. What's the future perfect of rubbernecking?

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