On Sunday, Sept. 11, Patrick McEnroe on ESPN interviews the runners-up after the 2022 U.S. Open women's doubles final. Americans Caty McNally (center) and Taylor Townsend lost to the Czech Republic team of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
When McEnroe first speaks with Tayor Townsend he, in my opinion, awkwardly steps in front of Caty McNally and he is holding the microphone with his outside hand when it would look better if he held it with his inside or left hand.
The camera person soon zooms in on her from the awkward wide shot. So the tip is that if the wide shot looks off then quickly zoom in on the person speaking. This close-up of Taylor looks good and we see the top of the microphone, which is fine.
Here is the shot when McEnroe interviewed McNally. The composition looks OK, though it looks a bit off or odd to see part of McEnroe's arm in the shot. He should be holding the mic with his inside hand. It is good that we also see her smiling partner in the two-shot.
Patrick McEnroe, in my opinion, did better when he next interviewed the winning doubles team from Czech Republic. This time, after interviewing (right) Katarina Siniakova, he asked her if he could step by her so he could speak with her partner Barbora Krejcikova. This looked much better than his previous interview with the Americans.
When Janice Dean goes to speak with the woman, the shot stays wide and remains very comfortable to the viewer in terms of not being distracting in some way.
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