Split screen-podium height-perceived height...

[ret5hd]

i know this is a small issue, but tonight i notice on cspans split screen that (as opposed to the first debate) the height of the podiums has been adjusted so that podium height AND head height is now equal between Kerry and b*.

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. yeah,

but look at the length of the mike stands on edit: or is that mic? :shrug: :D

[Dem Agog]

2. yes, it makes chimpy's head look ginormous n/t

[napi21]

7. Yea, now that you mentioned it!

I didn't notice that! It was at least obvious in the first debate that the podiums weren't aligned.

[Jayster84]

3. They're zooming in on * to make them look the same.

eom

[Mortos]

I think they did a closer shot of bush

which is why his head looks so huge to compensate for the massive towering height advantage our next President has over Chimpy McFartsalot.

[liveoaktx]

12. It's like Bushzilla

[elperromagico]

4. Yeah. God forbid people know that Kerry's a good five inches taller.

That would just be awful.

[Insomnicole]

5. Yep, but ...

...I had to LOL at how tightly they've got the camera in on Bush to disguise the height difference. You've got Kerry's normal-sized head on the left and Bush's big red "Oz The Great and Terrible" head on the right. Hee!

[gumby]

6. You are correct

Bush looks bigger and redder.
Kerry looks SMALLER with a YELLOW tint.

[shanti]

8. they're trying to fix the cameras so that chimpy looks bigger

than kerry! the podium is gone...this is bullshit/

[Old and In the Way]

10. To make them look the same height, they are zooming in sightly on Bush

He's "closer" to the camera than Kerry.

[meganmonkey]

9. If I didn't know better

it just might deceive me. I'm watching the c-span internet feed.
but I think it's camera distance, not podium height.

[GoSolar]

11. Height

Noticed this also. Sometimes they make * look taller than Kerry.
Still can't make * look good though...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Kerry's microphone bigger. Make of that what you will :)