between-two-round debate, precise organization and audience challenge

In view of the debate between the two rounds which will oppose Marine Le Pen to Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday April 20, each team supervises all the technical aspects. “Everything has been meticulously prepared. The debate will last at least 2h30. Regarding the form, sixteen cameras, three more than in 2017, will ensure the wide, medium and close shots of the candidates. Unlike five years ago, they will not be positioned at the same table but on two tables separated by 2.5 meters, which will themselves be located 4 meters from the space where Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau will be located.explains Christophe Gascard of the political service of franceinfo.

The cutting plans will be closely monitored. In management, two members of each team will ensure that the number of shots is strictly equal. Finally, Emmanuel Macron will be on the left of the screen this time and Marine Le Pen on the right. She will be the first and last to speak. The first theme discussed and drawn will be that of purchasing power. “The 2017 debate had achieved the worst score of the presidential debates with 16.7 million viewers. Nothing to do with the 25 million of the Giscard-Mitterrand duel of 1974, even less compared to the 30 million of the revenge in 1981, or another 30 million before the Mitterrand-Chirac debate of 1988”recalls Christophe Gascard.