Does the camera really add ten pounds?

[clarabelle]

I was watching a rerun of "Bones" the other day and noticed that Emily Deshanel looked a little heavier.
I wondered if she was or had been pregnant so I googled it.
There were several posts on blogs etc.. with everyone wondering the same thing and people also being hard on her about the weight.
I was thinking that she probably didn't look heavier in real life.

So I was wondering how small do you have to be to look skinny on TV?

Is Oprah really that big? or is it just that she isn't tiny?

I know there are some disers that have some experience in TV/Movies and may have met or seen some of these people.
Any thoughts?

 

[a1tinkfans]

I was watching a rerun of "Bones" the other day and noticed that Emily Deshanel looked a little heavier.
I wondered if she was or had been pregnant so I googled it.
There were several posts on blogs etc.. with everyone wondering the same thing and people also being hard on her about the weight.
I was thinking that she probably didn't look heavier in real life.

So I was wondering how small do you have to be to look skinny on TV?

Is Oprah really that big? or is it just that she isn't tiny?

I know there are some disers that have some experience in TV/Movies and may have met or seen some of these people.
Any thoughts?

I highlighted your line above, which had me rolling on the floor...I ALWAYS look at that magazine cover of Oprah and say to myself...GEEZE she talks all about keeping it "real" and being TRUE and SELF aware and Yet she gets photo shopped to add curves and take off 50 pounds on each and every one of her magazine covers (and she approves it!!)..too pathetic and funny if you ask me...thats MY thought...thanks for the Xtra laugh tonight!

 

[Big Cuddly Bear]

ten pounds or even more.

I personally know about 10 people who are on air 5 days a week.

 

[Pikester]

I was watching a rerun of "Bones" the other day and noticed that Emily Deshanel looked a little heavier.
I wondered if she was or had been pregnant so I googled it.
There were several posts on blogs etc.. with everyone wondering the same thing and people also being hard on her about the weight.
I was thinking that she probably didn't look heavier in real life.

So I was wondering how small do you have to be to look skinny on TV?

Is Oprah really that big? or is it just that she isn't tiny?

I know there are some disers that have some experience in TV/Movies and may have met or seen some of these people.
Any thoughts?

Oprah has often commented that when people meet her in person they always say how much smaller she is then on TV. Not sure if they mean smaller weight or height.

 

[clarabelle]

So big cuddly bear -do these people look underweight in person?

 

[walden]

Does the camera really add ten pounds?

Yes. Actually it adds 25 pounds. I am really not that fat!

Ah, but seriously. Every TV personality/celebrity I have seen IRL looks much thinner than they do on TV. And I am not talking photoshop. The "slim" ones on TV look emaciated in reality. The "normal" weight ones look very skinny.

 

[FireDancer]

I know some professional athletes and all of them look the same in real life as they do on TV. I think it is something that people tell themselves so they feel better.

 

[Jennasis]

There are some camera ANGLES that are not terribly flattering and can make you look weightier. For example, low angle shots make you look positively MASSIVE, but things shot from above you tend to slim you down because you ook up and it streamlines your jaw.

It was a constant battle I fought witht the reporters I worked with at the new station I shot for. We had one reporter who was plus sized and she insisted on being shot from above, so we would often joke about having to climb up in a tree to shoot her stand-ups...or book time on Telstar 5.

Also light and shadows as well as color temp have a huge impact.

HAs nothing to do with TV. It's all in the camera angles and lighting.

 

[lisaviolet]

Oprah is NOT that big in person. So yes I guess it does.

I saw her just over a year ago. And this was during her talked about weight gain - the how did I get to 200 period. She carries her weight below but it was shocking how much smaller she looks. (Height as well - I wonder if I just expected a taller person - hmmm )

It was a wonderful moment. I was seeing Wicked in NYC and voila there she was - same row. THe theatre went nuts in intermission. I KNEW it was someone special - because honestly you could feel the commotion but it was a commotion filled with very loving vibes.

And I'm always shocked to see our TV personalities in person - some of them are SO incredibly tiny and they appear average on air.

Thank God I'm not on TV.

 

[luvmy3]

I know some professional athletes and all of them look the same in real life as they do on TV. I think it is something that people tell themselves so they feel better.

Go away nobody wants your kind here Of course it adds 10lbs, and I'm sure with the way technology is advancing in 5 years it will add 20lbs. It can't possibly be me getting that big through the years

 

[lisaviolet]

I know some professional athletes and all of them look the same in real life as they do on TV. I think it is something that people tell themselves so they feel better.

I think it's quite possible that an in shape/muscular body could come across without the same camera change as "not so much" bodies. I wonder.

Actually I think it's true. One muscular local reporter looked shorter in person but the same size. A lot of our non-athletic female reporters look beyond skinny (some sickly) in person but absolutely normal on TV. So .


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Clothing is something. I have two outfits that look spectacular in the mirror and with others' eyes - but on camera/pictures - yuck.

 

[lisaviolet]

Go away nobody wants your kind here Of course it adds 10lbs, and I'm sure with the way technology is advancing in 5 years it will add 20lbs. It can't possibly be me getting that big through the years

Cute.

 

[Jason@dvcstore]

Actually 13.2 pounds.

Jason

 

[luvmy3]

In all seriousness, I look at women like Kelly Ripa and think if the camera really adds 10lbs she must be a skeleton IRL. I think it probably all depends on things like lighting and angles and wardrobe.

 

[mtemm]

I've met or seen several famous personalities and I have always been surprised at just how small they actually are. so yes, I would say the camera easily adds 10lbs.

 

[nmmom95]

There must be several cameras on me. That explains it!

 

[Big Cuddly Bear]

So big cuddly bear -do these people look underweight in person?

Some do.... but it is the heavier ones, mostly.... they look more like 20 - 30 pounds heavier. You can usually tell who might think that they are heavier. because they as to be shot "looser" if behind a desk, or to keep the shot higher than their belly if not behind a desk.

 

[FireDancer]

There are some camera ANGLES that are not terribly flattering and can make you look weightier.

I think that is really the issue, the angles. I never really noticed it before the My Space and Facebook era. You see people take either these way over head shots or lean way into the camera to change the perspective and you know they are hiding a world of hurt.

I call it My Space voodoo though I guess it should be Facebook Voodoo now.

 

[MonkeyDishwasher]

I remember meeting a bunch of Soap opera stars a few years back at DCA (when they did the big Super Soap Weekend, I'd gone with a friend who is soap opera obsessed!), and they were all eerily thin... Like I was afraid to shake most of their hands as I thought their wrist would simply snap in two if I touched them!

Imagine my shock when I tried to watch a few episodes of their shows and they all looked simply thin. Not as grotesquely thin as I'd met them, but simply average (albeit slim) people on camera. So yes, the camera definitely adds a bit to you.

 

[arminnie]

I've been at a couple of events where the national newscasters were just crawling all over the place. They were often about 2 ft. away at most.

I have never seen so many anorexic women in my life. Many of the national newscasters are really pitiful looking in person. They must never eat. Now most of the guys had a little extra padding under those perfectly tailored suits.