As the technical director of “Hairspray Live!,” Charles Ciup was at the helm of a switcher to alternate between the angles of the show’s 19 cameras, and in charge of cutting to a close-up or a wide shot at just the right moment. […]
I grew up in a small town on the East Coast, maybe 1,000 people, tops. Not too much to do at night, but great for a kid; we pretty much had the run of the town. […]
What we do doesn’t achieve the kudos that our drama or cinema brothers and sisters do, but our work is still seen by millions of people all over the world and its technique is definitely worthy of more study. […]
I went to the movies that night in order to take my mind off the second anniversary of my mother’s death. I was in a lot of pain over her passing and, contrary to all the platitudes I had heard, time was not healing this wound. […]
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