Three Minutes with Wendy Rieger
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Wendy Rieger is the anchor of NBC 4’s “News 4 at 5.” She has worked as a reporter in Washington for over two decades.
When I first contacted Ms. Rieger about this project, I worried that a person who earned a living sitting in front of a major network’s television cameras would not be interested in making a three-minute silent Camcorder portrait destined to be viewed in low resolution on the internet. However, Ms. Rieger was not only enthusiastic about the project, but sat for an additional three minutes after technical problems wrecked my first take. Her parting words were also inspiring.
“Well, at least this isn’t the same old thing,” she said.
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April 7th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
I like this.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Neat idea. Surprising what you can infer about a person by observing body language only. Mostly confident, just the right amount of self consciousness about the whole thing, animated, a bit flirty, cute.
April 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I third the kudos. I want more.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I loved it, and it made me like Wendy Rieger even more. Everything about her shows her to be a hip, conscientious, and NICE person. Need a lot more of those in this town. I also appreciate Justin’s creativity.
April 8th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Sigh. This is even better than the circa-1994 Wendy Rieger headshot pinned to my bulletin board…
April 8th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Visual studies like these reveal personal predujices and stereotypes. It’s pretty ridiculous to make assumptions about someone’s identity by watching them stare at a camera for 3 minutes. I’d be curious to know people’s reactions to a subject who wasn’t an attractive, white, blonded haired woman.
Much love for Wendy, I’ve been watching her and NBC4 since I was a kid. Get my boy Jim Vance on here.
April 8th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Very cool. Seconding the Jim Vance request.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Jim Vance - A MUST.