Hidden Camera Technique

The practice of filming real users of a product describing their feelings. These feelings are unrehearsed and usually describe what the person actually believes about the product. This footage may be edited together to form a hidden camera commercial, which attempts to portray public support for a product.

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The hidden camera technique was used to sharp effect adding to the seediness of it all.

What's Going On: Last Night's TV

The concept of having a legal team review every hidden camera request is relatively new to some news organizations, but Marash said it's not new at ABC, whose shows "PrimeTime Live" and "20/20" are considered the most frequent practitioners of the hidden camera technique.

A WATCHFUL EYE

That comes as no surprise since it's made by pioneering film-maker John Downer and his team, the world's canniest exponents of hidden camera techniques. If you can disguise a camera as a heap of elephant dung, or strap a miniature one to a bird, or make a creature think a camera is actually a potential mate, Downer has already done it a dozen times.