Taking off your watch and placing it on a table or lectern is common with people who are pacing themselves, it is a polite method of time management, I used to do a lot of corporate presentations, if I was allocated say 30 minutes, it would be impolite if I was constantly looking at my watch while speaking to the audience.
17 seconds after editing. It's unlikely he counted 17 perfectly. Whoever did the final cuts is the one who made sure the watch came off at the 17 second mark.
If he did end up counting 17 perfectly, I'd have to dole out some mass kuddos
It is an interesting and certainly plausible theory.
As a counter argument, I would say that there was no artificial time limit placed on the conversation (per Tucker in the prelog). And, Putin seemed to not give a fuck about time when giving his answers. For example, at the start he said, give me 30 seconds, maybe a minute, to explain. ...then he went on for over 30 minutes on the history of Russia and why it is relevant.
In an interview, you're always on camera. They set up a stationary camera on each subject for easy cuts. Sometimes you'll have a manned floater to provide an alternate viewpoint. Figure this way your traveling cameraman can operate 3 cameras.
Taking off your watch and placing it on a table or lectern is common with people who are pacing themselves, it is a polite method of time management, I used to do a lot of corporate presentations, if I was allocated say 30 minutes, it would be impolite if I was constantly looking at my watch while speaking to the audience.
at 17 seconds in !?!
17 seconds after editing. It's unlikely he counted 17 perfectly. Whoever did the final cuts is the one who made sure the watch came off at the 17 second mark.
If he did end up counting 17 perfectly, I'd have to dole out some mass kuddos
It is an interesting and certainly plausible theory.
As a counter argument, I would say that there was no artificial time limit placed on the conversation (per Tucker in the prelog). And, Putin seemed to not give a fuck about time when giving his answers. For example, at the start he said, give me 30 seconds, maybe a minute, to explain. ...then he went on for over 30 minutes on the history of Russia and why it is relevant.
he waited until he was on camera. wish we could have a close up of his watch, if it's the same one then there can be no doubt on comms.
17 seconds confirms it's comms
In an interview, you're always on camera. They set up a stationary camera on each subject for easy cuts. Sometimes you'll have a manned floater to provide an alternate viewpoint. Figure this way your traveling cameraman can operate 3 cameras.
That makes sense,...but then again why would President Putin feel the NEED to constantly look at his watch?
I would agree but the 45 minute history lesson that followed the watch removal disagrees