Does television really make you look fat?

Never appeared on TV but was just wondering if it's true that it makes you look like you ate all the pies?

It lets you see your own ass, you should NEVER see your own ass. TV cameras also have all sorts of bizzarre effects on scale and distance, increasing in severity with the level of zoom. That's why places you know, when seen on TV, often appear to be an almost dreamlike image of themselves, with streest shortened and stuff. I mean you don't think the Hangar straight at silverstone is 100yrs long and the cars do 35mph do ya :)

I know for one i fuckin hate seein myself on home camcorder footage.Probably vain or something but it just freaks me out when i see and hear myself on the cam footage.I don't own one of those things and don't intend to.

Johnny wrote: I know for one i fuckin hate seein myself on home camcorder footage.Probably vain or something but it just freaks me out when i see and hear myself on the cam footage.I don't own one of those things and don't intend to.

I also hate seeing myself on video and in photo's..

Sat courtside for a Blazers/Bulls (w/ Michael Jordan) game on a national NBC broadcast. I didn't cringe when viewing the tape afterward either.

Vanessa Feltz is six stone wet through in real life.

Honest.

It didn't make me look fat when I was on. The beer did that.

Yes, I was actually gonna mention that there's a fairly sound reason for why the likes of you and me may appear to be somewhat, shall we say "padded" on telly. And it aint got nothin to do with electronics.

POLICE photo-fits do the same aswell.And they make you look like a criminal. FAT LYING THIEF -Chorley Don't Serve Time:D

Wide screen TV's make you look fat.

Next question.

Yeah but thay also make those stupid Go Karts schumi and all drive look like racing cars with a little judicious adjustment.

Ask Robert Smith

digital mike binoche wrote: Ask Robert Smith

Or Juliette Binoche.

I've never been on television for an extended amount of time thank God. I hate seeing pictures of myself too. When I went to college I thought I might want to be a news reporter but I couldn't stand being filmed. The first time I came to NYC I toured NBC studios and the guide said the reason cameras add weight is because of the camera lens is curved and the studios tend to be concave or something like that and it causes distortion.

Heather

Rocket Mick wrote: POLICE photo-fits do the same aswell.And they make you look like a criminal. FAT LYING THIEF -Chorley Don't Serve Time:D

well when the chorley storm troopers took my pic the dozy twats didnt even realise that id changed the spelling on my name or the number under it lol. the soft bastard got print ink on his hands and asked me to hang on a mo while he washed it off.

If you are self conscious about this then stand next to a wide screen not a little tv.