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"48 Hours" behind the scenes

April 11, 2014 / 01:42

This episode features Josh Gilman, producer of CBS News 48 Hours, discussing the creative use of water visuals in storytelling. Key topics include high-speed video techniques, innovative filming locations, and unique camera angles.

Josh Gilman explains how the production team in Salt Lake City utilized a plastic utility sink as a bathtub to capture various water shots. They purchased materials from Home Depot and modified the sink for filming purposes.

The team experimented with different angles, including shots from above and below the water, to create visually striking images. This approach added depth to the narrative of the story being told.

Gilman highlights the importance of these visuals in enhancing the overall storytelling experience, showcasing the creativity involved in the production process.

TLDR

Josh Gilman discusses innovative water visuals in CBS News 48 Hours production.

Episode

1:42
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My name is Josh Gilman and I'm the producer of CBS News 48 hours father and son. Water was an important visual
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element in telling this story. Are you ready? Do this thing. So what we decided to do was use a very high-speed
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video camera to create images of water dripping from a faucet, pouring from a faucet. And we got really creative with
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it using our camera team out in Salt Lake City. We went to Home Depot and we bought a plastic utility sink which
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would double as a bathtub. We cut it in half. We then glued a clear looseite panel onto the front of it and then we
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filled it with water and we started taking various shots of just about anything we could do with that bathtub.
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Starting with single drops. Okay. Ready? Go. And shooting them hitting the water from the side. We also
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did water pouring out of a faucet. We got underneath the bathtub. We moved the bathtub into an aquarium, put it up on
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uh saw horses and then move the camera underneath it so we could shoot the drops actually hitting the glass pane as
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if you were under the faucet. Of course, we shot it from above and we shot it from just about every angle we could
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think of. And what we ended up with was just a really, really interesting group of
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images that really helped tell this story in a unique way.

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Episode Highlights

  • Creative Water Shots
    Using a high-speed camera, we captured stunning images of water in various forms.
    “We got really creative with our camera team out in Salt Lake City.”
    @ 00m 28s
    April 11, 2014

Episode Quotes

  • Are you ready? Do this thing.
    "48 Hours" behind the scenes
  • What we ended up with was just a really, really interesting group of images.
    "48 Hours" behind the scenes

Key Moments

  • Creative Process00:28
  • Water Imagery01:33