How strange (odd choices in news programmes)

Cor. That’s well timed directing.

Some great finds in this thread - good to see that someone somewhere gives most things a try. Indeed in another televisual universe we could all be here mocking the idea of ITN trying to time their headlines to the bongs of Big Ben.

That’s what directors do! Seamless transitions in and out of events is a core part of the job regardless of how you actually achieve it.

Some broadcasters have also experimented with unusual opening sequences, sometimes using handheld cameras.

In this 1983 intro from DR in Denmark, for instance, the newscast opened with the camera's journey from the control room to the news set:



Antenne 2 (now France 2) was similarly creative in the 1970s, with a slightly different opening sequence each day. In this case, the cameras followed the anchor as he made his way to the set from above:

I don't know any Danish but going by the last report in the bulletin it looks like they were reporting on the programme/channel moving to a new building. Which would explain why this particular bulletin they opened like that, I suspect it wasn't a regular thing

Oh Antenne 2 are the best of the best at that. I loved that entire schtick

Perhaps not so much strange rather than just different, but I absolutely adored the way that Flemish channel VTM used to open their news in the mid-2000s. No headlines as such; instead, a short clip of the top story would be shown on a big screen above the studio, then the camera would pan down towards the ground whilst the (excellent, IMO) theme music played:



At the end of the bulletin, the camera would pan back up towards the big screen (which you can see from 2:08 below):

Speaking of odd -- or way ahead of its time -- this 1970s newscast from Indiana is truly something else:

This thread reminded me of this video which manages to combine cheesy inappropriate theme tune/titles with a car crash of a headline sequence:

Dear god, where to start, The music, the cheesy presenter footage in the titles...

VOM. VOM. VOM. It's like a parody sketch from SNL

Fortunately for everyone involved, that theme didn't last long: