[Boat Rocker]

You have to be a completely paranoid idiot to write that post. I own a production company and have shot hundreds of political ads. We always use a dolly for effect on head shots. We also always use pin spot lights to highlight the background. It gives a halo effect on the subject. We have also shot nearly every shot in front of some sort of book case. If he wanted a cross in the background, he would not have used a dolly movement because the cross actually disappears behind his head at the end of the ad. He was talking about Jesus in the spot for Christ’s sake. Why would he go to the trouble to be subliminal about the cross???? If he wanted to use a cross, he could just put a fifty foot cross in the background. I’m not a Huckabee supporter but you people need to find something else to talk about.

[dan1123]

You have to be a completely paranoid idiot to write that post. I own a production company and have shot hundreds of political ads. We always use a dolly for effect on head shots.

Thank you for this post. This thread shows an ignorance of video production to the extreme. Whenever people post here talking about how they only disagree with Huckabee on the issues I think of the time wasted on his old family Christmas photo and this ad. I hate to break it to the people here, but old Christmas photos and the background of a political ad does not make up issues. Stupid quips about foreign policy, wanting to fix education at the federal level, and his stance on the Fair Tax are examples of issues. Not using dolly tracking for an ad.

[Travis McGee]

If he wanted a cross in the background, he would not have used a dolly movement because the cross actually disappears behind his head at the end of the ad.

That's the point, isn't it? The cross literally is eclipsed behind his holy loving wonderful head.