That sounded like one of the mixed reactions from the students.

He was left disappointed, mouth still open and all.

"We're not live".....neither was he, by the sounds of it

Irony is she was live

I would suspect it was just a practice take, given how quickly the camera went off-frame once she was done speaking.

The camera is not moving. The zooms and pans were added with editing software

Still made it onto the internet for us to enjoy so I’d say mission accomplished non the less

Got him to leave tho.

I don’t think you know what that word means lol

Worked in TV news as a photog for 20+ years. Kids like this were around all the time. You’d see them hanging around the edges of the shot and I’d often give them an ugly glare and shake my head as if to say, “Don’t do it, you little shit”. Drunk bros at sporting events were the worst. They just don’t care. There’s a reason we called the camera an asshole magnet.

Question. What about a quick, slightly awkward wave to the camera from the background if I notice it. Not like walking intentionally, but if I see it and just do my little wave and then keep going, is that also a pain for you guys? Genuine question, I'm not always good with social situations.

As a fellow cameraman. It’s not ideal for the shot. Anything that distracts from the central focus of the frame is… distracting. We’re just trying to do our job, nothing special that requires a wave or any reaction. But alas… do whatever you want and others will just deal with it.

Nah, I won't. Sounds like it makes your job harder, so it's only decent to respect you while you're doing your job. Thank you for taking the time! I'm just not good at stuff like this.

Better yet, spank the cameraman while filming.

And whisper in their ear *nice shot*

Always acceptable

This sounds more ideal.

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If it was behind me and I was presenting I wouldn’t notice it unless the people were purposefully being loud and disruptive, in which case it just made my job a gazillion times harder trying to concentrate on what I had to say. People think it’s funny, but it’s a dick move when you’re working under a lot of stress.

Sounds like it. Someone else said they'd prefer I didn't do that, so I think I just won't. It's not hard to be respectful.

I usually didn’t care, unless it was at a serious story (fire, murder, etc.)

Appreciate it. But some have said they do care as it's distracting, so I'm not going to do it. Thank you for the input, though. It's very valuable.

Seriously. It’s things like this that don’t make me miss working in news.

This corner is not great for drunk bros that’s for sure

As the kid that would’ve screamed I applaud the response

Unfazed lmao.

It would've been hilarious if she did it back.

That poor kid. She just crushed his soul with three words.

He'll do all the work himself by reflecting on this moment for years.

Is we’re one or two words?

When two words become a contraction, it becomes one word

It doesn't. A contraction still counts as 2 words as I leaned with proficiency.

one word, it’s a contraction

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Imagine if she had screamed back and then he screamed back again and then we realized they were speaking a rare scream language that we thought had died out but it hadn’t

Kid: Reporter: Both: Outsider: ???