Pastor Q in Paradise

The advent of voice has compelled me to change my hair colour from peach blonde to stark white. At least on the occasions when I wear any hair at all.

Let’s face it, when you’re over 40 something happens to your voice that draws a clear line between Youth and, shall we say, Maturity? I just didn’t want to present a glaring anomaly.

It’s going to be interesting when some of the eye-popping buxom females in high drag start to talk, will they be simpering in a gruff basso profundo? It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest, it’s glaringly obvious that avatars looking like a cross between Madonna and Carmen Miranda in bondage leathers and diamonds have never been women before.

No woman would have such appalling taste.

Perhaps this is why Voice hasn’t been universally embraced.

The good news is that we’re not going to get a fourth painful series of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

The bad news is that creator Anthony Zuiker has decided to build a CSI-branded crime lab in SL.

Viewers can follow Gary Sinise, the lead on CSI: New York, as he chases a killer inworld and help solve the mystery in a virtual Crime Lab.

Oh dear, you have to be a fan I suppose.

Feel like making a Sky News report?

Grab yourself a microphone from Sky News and make a video for submission to Sky. Sounds like great fun. The total duration of your report should be no more than 2 minutes.

** The structure of a news report ***

What does a news report look like? Once you have found your story, start off by writing a script. Think carefully about how it matches the pictures you are showing.

In addition to your voice track, a news report should have a piece-to-camera (PTC) to give the story immediacy by showing you on location, where the action is. The other ingredient that makes a report interesting is hearing different people’s views ( grabs, short sound bites from interviews).

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Pastor Q, Sky News, Grande Wedding Island