Once the camera-friendly backdrop is selected, just find a few chatty locals to moan and groan, throw in some evil bureaucrats and start filming.
Like many other stops on Mr. Obama's itinerary over the last several weeks, this four-hour visit had three ingredients: a politically crucial swing state (Pennsylvania), a sympathetic crowd (educators), and a camera-friendly backdrop (3- to 5-year-old children).
Below, enlarged portraits of serious-faced, icy-eyed fictional politicians on the aforementioned beach towels are juxtaposed with animated rainbows/butterflies/kittens and other pop culture-friendly whimsical backdrops.
Mr. Bloomberg chose friendly territory as a backdrop for the comments, among the most politically charged of his tenure.
Danish media had gathered to hear him present his squad for an upcoming friendly against USA against the backdrop of a dispute between the Danish FA (DBU) and his international players over a collective bargaining agreement.
With its mile-wide grid of locally owned vegetarian cafés, sushi bars and sustainable clothing shops, this town's pedestrian-friendly streets provided the perfect backdrop for middle-aged techno geeks, twentysomething hipsters and hippies of all ages to converge in a swirl of analog ambition.
Whenever there's a "momentous" occasion in Hollywood such as this, we like to take a look back at the moments that made it all happen and of course, the hotels that inevitably serve as the backdrop to tabloid-friendly romance.
At its best that could yet prove to be a healthy fusion – take, for example, the combination of voter-friendly retail offers on energy prices against a backdrop of structural energy market change.
Fortunately Oahu offers a diverse range of kid-friendly accommodations and activities -- while still featuring a backdrop of sun, sand and ocean.
China is simply a modish backdrop for a rock solid slice of family-friendly entertainment.
