RTE Frontline
Written and Filmed by Jeremy Stone
Video Interviews and Edits by Micky Haney and Caiti Monaco

   Students were in the audience of this Frontline episode on May 10: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1072450

   I was pretty excited to hear that we were all going to be able to get to go to a taping of a big TV broadcast in Ireland. The kicker was that out group was going to be able to sit in the stands and watch the show live. Everyone was really pumped to see their first live studio show and i was one of them as well. It was a long bus ride to the place TV studio and you could tell that our entire group was getting really excited to be there. We finally got there and her first thing that had to be done was a group photo. So everyone gathered around the sign and instead of saying cheese we screamed sausage. I guess that’s what you do when you’re in Ireland. After that we waiting around to be called in to the room where they would all make us wait before the show. Lucky us me Micky and Caiti brought our camera equipment for such things like this. So after drinking a much needed cup of coffee we got to setting out the camera and the tripod to get some footage. We also thought that it was be a good idea if we got some interviews from the other people that were going to be in the crowd. The first man we got was a very business looking man that we later found out was a spot in the crowd so that he could be asked a question. He gave us a lot of good information and the economy and what exactly the show is about. The second person we interviewed was a younger boy who was also a spot and he gave us his views as a younger member in society and what he thought was going on. Two great interviews right in a row is pretty good, and of course we got some really good b-roll of people talking and the RTE sign itself. The show was about to start so we went in and found our seats. Its was different thought because for the first hour and a half they showed us a program about 4 individuals who thinks the have ideas on how to help out Ireland. Then they finally got into the show and the debating never stopped. It was quite interesting seeing how the problems going on in the US are similar to the ones going on in Ireland. The show went on for about an hour and seventy minutes which were over time but I don’t think anyone really minded. There were however some things that got me thinking. Back in the US the cameras are usually operated in the production booth, but here they were manned by people. Most people thought this was pretty neat because it shows the skill level that these people still have to be doing all the camera work. In all I think that it was a great experience for all, especially the broadcast majors to see the inner workings on what goes on in a TV studio.

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John Moylan provides a brief description on what exactly the political affairs show, The Frontline, is.

John Moylan describes the topic for an episode of The Frontline on May 10, 2010.

Byron Smith provides his theory of why The Frontline is important to Irish citizens.

Byron Smith explains the theory of a smart economy inside of Ireland.