Critics have mocked the political conventions as a glorious TV show for various election cycles. This year, that’s what it really is: a television production featuring live shots and short clips from across the country.
From Jessica Dean of CNN: “The Democrats’ virtual convention will feature hundreds of live feeds from across the country and four lineups in New York City, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and Wilmington, Delaware, according to a source who recently time has seen convention plans. “
“The all-virtual convention will have emcees to lead the two-hour program of the evening, with those people broadcasting primarily from the LA studio, according to the source,” Dean wrote. “In addition, live speakers from across the country will be broadcast every night from historic and symbolic locations that will thematically reinforce their comments.”
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Some elements are scripted, though, of course – and some speeches are pre-recorded. The live footage “will be mixed in real time with a roughly equal share of pre-recorded performances, mini-documentaries and speeches,” Scherer wrote.
Without a doubt, loyal Democrats will watch the official live stream of DNC on the web, and Republicans will do the same a week from now. But what moments will break through for a wider audience? We’ll see …
Why the conventions matter
>> ABC Senior Special Event EP Marc Burstein: “With the issues the country is currently facing with the coronavirus and the economic downturn and the racial unrest, the conventions will provide voters with plans for how each party plans to address these issues and what the country will look like under a Democratic president or a Republican president. “
>> CBS News Political Director Caitlin Conant: The conventions “will in principle allow candidates to reintroduce themselves in America and bring the focus back to politics.”
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