Straight in the Media

On the Record

Broadcast and documentary stills — the programme as the cameras recorded it, and the publicity it traded on.

Straight's public face was made on television: the network segments that presented it as a cure, the programme's own appearances in the studio, and the footage shot inside the room where the group met. Six stills, shown whole, in the frames they were made for.

A 20/20 news desk: two anchors on a black set, the programme’s globe graphic between them. — Broadcast/documentary still20/20 — the programme on network television.

A studio interview: a man in a suit at a desk beside a panel lettered Straight, Inc. — The Alternative. — Broadcast/documentary stillStraight, Inc. — the programme’s own television segment.

A woman speaking to camera, the words Lord of the Flies lettered across the left of the frame. — Broadcast/documentary stillLord of the Flies — the interview segment.

An open meeting filmed from the back of the room: a large group seated in a U-shape, rules posted along the wall. — Broadcast/documentary stillOpen meeting — the room, full.

Group footage in a cinder-block room: clients seated in a ring around someone on the floor, the numbered steps posted above them. — Broadcast/documentary stillGroup footage — the steps posted on the wall.

A wide shot of a meeting: rows of participants facing a speaker under a grid of fluorescent lights. — Broadcast/documentary stillGroup footage — the room, wide.

Broadcast/documentary stillsEach frame is shown whole inside the 4:3 screen it was made for — no broadcast is cropped.