Interesting Story, Terrible Coverage

I stumbled upon a story on CNN about French companies putting mosaics of Post-it notes on their office windows, called the “Post-it Wars.” It seemed like a good story in theory, but the coverage was terrible. The camera was shaky, constantly zooming in and out, and was not always in focus. There were good interviews used but the quality was very poor. Some of the interviews didn’t have good lighting, sound, or good angles. One of them was shot outside, in which you could hear the sounds of cars, wind, and the city. The final closing shot, was once again, a good idea in theory, but terrible execution. The last shot was of the reporter putting Post-it notes on the wall himself while panning out to the rest of the window. All of the zooming at panning made me feel dizzy and disoriented, which isn’t how I should be feeling about a news cast. The story was reported in a foreign country, and I feel that showing us their culture and creativity is very good, but when the whole story is about images on the wall, you would think the cameraman would make the video high quality. I was interested in clicking the link to the story, but I was very disappointed in how the story was reported.