DI
I'm a bit confused at this stage as to what to make of it all. The titles are clearly pinched from RTE Sport (and matched with the ITV colours). The title sequence is basically a mish-mash of a Star Trek Wormhole and the 2000 series title wormhole thingy with circles.
The desk to absolutely WAY too big and clearly a jibe at Vincent Browne's massive ugly desk in his show on TV3 - a sort of 'well f*** you Vinny, we can get an even bigger desk" RTE thing.
The cityscape on the rear panels is nice. Only thing is if you flick over to the BBC News 24 during the show, you'll notice they're a decent distance away with proper aspect zoom, whereas the RTE ones look like they could fall on top of the presenter at any time!
The music I must say is horrific. Bland and mediocre. It's almost as if the news is trying to sneak up on you and catch you off guard as opposed to grabbing you by the proverbial wedding tackle and telling you what's happening!
I'm still a bit lost though. Definitely better than the scoury coffee, but is that like saying Meningitis is better than Tuberculosis???
I dunno. If anyone from RTE is looking for a few quick pointers, here's my list:
- Get rid of the bloody laptops. Apart from the fact they're out of date, they're never used!
- Add some noisy drums to the music. MORE COW BELL!
- Zoom out the cityscape imagery - or better still, use an image from outside of Dublin
- Put some strip lighting on the bottom of the panels about 6 inches from the floor to make the place look a bit more cosy
- Buy David Murphy a nice tie
- Change all the wolly covers on the microphones, starting with Seán Whelan (see 9 o'clock news for reason why!)
- Move the desk closer to the right-side panels
- Get an RTE logo and stick it to the oval inset on the floor in front of the desk
- Fix the brightness of the panels behind the desk to match (see Barack Obama's head on the 9)
- Fix the alignment of the titles as they appear above the DOG
- Lastly, tidy the floor before cutting to a wide shot. The News On Two's trendy sports presenter looked like he was standing outside a pub at 4am with the stuff at his feet!
Rant over for now
EDIT: Just read the Damien Mulley piece. Sorry for the reference to €5m - the Daily Mail strikes again eh!
RTE News - Ireland
For my two cents:I'm a bit confused at this stage as to what to make of it all. The titles are clearly pinched from RTE Sport (and matched with the ITV colours). The title sequence is basically a mish-mash of a Star Trek Wormhole and the 2000 series title wormhole thingy with circles.
The desk to absolutely WAY too big and clearly a jibe at Vincent Browne's massive ugly desk in his show on TV3 - a sort of 'well f*** you Vinny, we can get an even bigger desk" RTE thing.
The cityscape on the rear panels is nice. Only thing is if you flick over to the BBC News 24 during the show, you'll notice they're a decent distance away with proper aspect zoom, whereas the RTE ones look like they could fall on top of the presenter at any time!
The music I must say is horrific. Bland and mediocre. It's almost as if the news is trying to sneak up on you and catch you off guard as opposed to grabbing you by the proverbial wedding tackle and telling you what's happening!
I'm still a bit lost though. Definitely better than the scoury coffee, but is that like saying Meningitis is better than Tuberculosis???
I dunno. If anyone from RTE is looking for a few quick pointers, here's my list:
- Get rid of the bloody laptops. Apart from the fact they're out of date, they're never used!
- Add some noisy drums to the music. MORE COW BELL!
- Zoom out the cityscape imagery - or better still, use an image from outside of Dublin
- Put some strip lighting on the bottom of the panels about 6 inches from the floor to make the place look a bit more cosy
- Buy David Murphy a nice tie
- Change all the wolly covers on the microphones, starting with Seán Whelan (see 9 o'clock news for reason why!)
- Move the desk closer to the right-side panels
- Get an RTE logo and stick it to the oval inset on the floor in front of the desk
- Fix the brightness of the panels behind the desk to match (see Barack Obama's head on the 9)
- Fix the alignment of the titles as they appear above the DOG
- Lastly, tidy the floor before cutting to a wide shot. The News On Two's trendy sports presenter looked like he was standing outside a pub at 4am with the stuff at his feet!
Rant over for now
EDIT: Just read the Damien Mulley piece. Sorry for the reference to €5m - the Daily Mail strikes again eh!
DI
I'm a bit confused at this stage as to what to make of it all. The titles are clearly pinched from RTE Sport (and matched with the ITV colours). The title sequence is basically a mish-mash of a Star Trek Wormhole and the 2000 series title wormhole thingy with circles.
The desk to absolutely WAY too big and clearly a jibe at Vincent Browne's massive ugly desk in his show on TV3 - a sort of 'well f*** you Vinny, we can get an even bigger desk" RTE thing.
The cityscape on the rear panels is nice. Only thing is if you flick over to the BBC News 24 during the show, you'll notice they're a decent distance away with proper aspect zoom, whereas the RTE ones look like they could fall on top of the presenter at any time!
The music I must say is horrific. Bland and mediocre. It's almost as if the news is trying to sneak up on you and catch you off guard as opposed to grabbing you by the proverbial wedding tackle and telling you what's happening!
I'm still a bit lost though. Definitely better than the scoury coffee, but is that like saying Meningitis is better than Tuberculosis???
I dunno. If anyone from RTE is looking for a few quick pointers, here's my list:
- Get rid of the bloody laptops. Apart from the fact they're out of date, they're never used!
- Add some noisy drums to the music. MORE COW BELL!
- Zoom out the cityscape imagery - or better still, use an image from outside of Dublin
- Put some strip lighting on the bottom of the panels about 6 inches from the floor to make the place look a bit more cosy
- Buy David Murphy a nice tie
- Change all the wolly covers on the microphones, starting with Seán Whelan (see 9 o'clock news for reason why!)
- Move the desk closer to the right-side panels
- Get an RTE logo and stick it to the oval inset on the floor in front of the desk
- Fix the brightness of the panels behind the desk to match (see Barack Obama's head on the 9)
- Fix the alignment of the titles as they appear above the DOG
- Lastly, tidy the floor before cutting to a wide shot. The News On Two's trendy sports presenter looked like he was standing outside a pub at 4am with the stuff at his feet!
Rant over for now
EDIT: Just read the Damien Mulley piece. Sorry for the reference to €5m - the Daily Mail strikes again eh!
RTE News - Ireland
For my two cents:I'm a bit confused at this stage as to what to make of it all. The titles are clearly pinched from RTE Sport (and matched with the ITV colours). The title sequence is basically a mish-mash of a Star Trek Wormhole and the 2000 series title wormhole thingy with circles.
The desk to absolutely WAY too big and clearly a jibe at Vincent Browne's massive ugly desk in his show on TV3 - a sort of 'well f*** you Vinny, we can get an even bigger desk" RTE thing.
The cityscape on the rear panels is nice. Only thing is if you flick over to the BBC News 24 during the show, you'll notice they're a decent distance away with proper aspect zoom, whereas the RTE ones look like they could fall on top of the presenter at any time!
The music I must say is horrific. Bland and mediocre. It's almost as if the news is trying to sneak up on you and catch you off guard as opposed to grabbing you by the proverbial wedding tackle and telling you what's happening!
I'm still a bit lost though. Definitely better than the scoury coffee, but is that like saying Meningitis is better than Tuberculosis???
I dunno. If anyone from RTE is looking for a few quick pointers, here's my list:
- Get rid of the bloody laptops. Apart from the fact they're out of date, they're never used!
- Add some noisy drums to the music. MORE COW BELL!
- Zoom out the cityscape imagery - or better still, use an image from outside of Dublin
- Put some strip lighting on the bottom of the panels about 6 inches from the floor to make the place look a bit more cosy
- Buy David Murphy a nice tie
- Change all the wolly covers on the microphones, starting with Seán Whelan (see 9 o'clock news for reason why!)
- Move the desk closer to the right-side panels
- Get an RTE logo and stick it to the oval inset on the floor in front of the desk
- Fix the brightness of the panels behind the desk to match (see Barack Obama's head on the 9)
- Fix the alignment of the titles as they appear above the DOG
- Lastly, tidy the floor before cutting to a wide shot. The News On Two's trendy sports presenter looked like he was standing outside a pub at 4am with the stuff at his feet!
Rant over for now
EDIT: Just read the Damien Mulley piece. Sorry for the reference to €5m - the Daily Mail strikes again eh!
DI
Shame they can't make a song and dance about a new news coming soon. Some indication would be nice, like the traditional 'RTE News' ads they had in the past with all the presenters and some sort of branding tagline to herald a new era in news.
I guess that's asking too much. Really hope they don't botch this - my faith in their presentation is wavering. Only thing that keeps me watching now is the lack of an alternative. If TV3 invested in some printed panels instead of the garing purple screen CGI thing they have and did something for half an hour at 6 they'd nail the coffin shut on the RTE team. They're getting more weary and depressing.
A nice feature of any new broadcast would be the dropping of David 'D4' Murphy and George gLee. Just to see if we could ever hope to get out of this recession.
RTE News - Ireland
Still nothing on screen of any difference. The floor in front of the desk is in an awful mess tonight and the cast look tired as if they've been in all day.Shame they can't make a song and dance about a new news coming soon. Some indication would be nice, like the traditional 'RTE News' ads they had in the past with all the presenters and some sort of branding tagline to herald a new era in news.
I guess that's asking too much. Really hope they don't botch this - my faith in their presentation is wavering. Only thing that keeps me watching now is the lack of an alternative. If TV3 invested in some printed panels instead of the garing purple screen CGI thing they have and did something for half an hour at 6 they'd nail the coffin shut on the RTE team. They're getting more weary and depressing.
A nice feature of any new broadcast would be the dropping of David 'D4' Murphy and George gLee. Just to see if we could ever hope to get out of this recession.
DI
Shame they can't make a song and dance about a new news coming soon. Some indication would be nice, like the traditional 'RTE News' ads they had in the past with all the presenters and some sort of branding tagline to herald a new era in news.
I guess that's asking too much. Really hope they don't botch this - my faith in their presentation is wavering. Only thing that keeps me watching now is the lack of an alternative. If TV3 invested in some printed panels instead of the garing purple screen CGI thing they have and did something for half an hour at 6 they'd nail the coffin shut on the RTE team. They're getting more weary and depressing.
A nice feature of any new broadcast would be the dropping of David 'D4' Murphy and George gLee. Just to see if we could ever hope to get out of this recession.
RTE News - Ireland
Still nothing on screen of any difference. The floor in front of the desk is in an awful mess tonight and the cast look tired as if they've been in all day.Shame they can't make a song and dance about a new news coming soon. Some indication would be nice, like the traditional 'RTE News' ads they had in the past with all the presenters and some sort of branding tagline to herald a new era in news.
I guess that's asking too much. Really hope they don't botch this - my faith in their presentation is wavering. Only thing that keeps me watching now is the lack of an alternative. If TV3 invested in some printed panels instead of the garing purple screen CGI thing they have and did something for half an hour at 6 they'd nail the coffin shut on the RTE team. They're getting more weary and depressing.
A nice feature of any new broadcast would be the dropping of David 'D4' Murphy and George gLee. Just to see if we could ever hope to get out of this recession.
DI
It does seem strange to reorganize this late in the year. Although its somewhat coinciding with the new year, Charlie Bird moving to US in the place of Robert Shortt, and probably RTE's financial year too. I hope they replace the anchors too. Dobbo is doing it too long now and seems to bring down the sense of fun that the likes of Eamonn Horan brings for example. Sharon's blunt and groany voice also needs some attention. No reason why the news can't be fun.
I for one like the general format of the news. I would like to see less sporting emphasis and more business emphasis, particularly given what's going on. And a new Business anchor, replacing the inept David 'D4' Murphy who it seems hasn't a clue what he's talking about (ask any business person what they think of his reports!)
The coffee colour never did anything for me personally. It wouldn't look amiss on Channel 5 News with anchorman Ron Burgandy in the late 70s. But today the primary colours are most important. Something with the RTE blue and green again would be nice. And the opening sequence has to have some realism in it. The likes of Oireachtas Report or TWIP has a nicer edge to it than whatever child did the current titles.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A TICKER!!!
That's my two cents!
Diarmy
RTE News - Ireland
There's something afoot alright. It's sad that RTE think that we wouldn't notice if two glaringly obvious joints between the three panels were on screen in the closing shot. And to make matters worse, they've tried to re-created the glass struts bolts by using a radial gradient on a circle printed on the screen! Have a look to the right of the main anchor in the closing shot - it looks like a badly drawn Christmas bauble!It does seem strange to reorganize this late in the year. Although its somewhat coinciding with the new year, Charlie Bird moving to US in the place of Robert Shortt, and probably RTE's financial year too. I hope they replace the anchors too. Dobbo is doing it too long now and seems to bring down the sense of fun that the likes of Eamonn Horan brings for example. Sharon's blunt and groany voice also needs some attention. No reason why the news can't be fun.
I for one like the general format of the news. I would like to see less sporting emphasis and more business emphasis, particularly given what's going on. And a new Business anchor, replacing the inept David 'D4' Murphy who it seems hasn't a clue what he's talking about (ask any business person what they think of his reports!)
The coffee colour never did anything for me personally. It wouldn't look amiss on Channel 5 News with anchorman Ron Burgandy in the late 70s. But today the primary colours are most important. Something with the RTE blue and green again would be nice. And the opening sequence has to have some realism in it. The likes of Oireachtas Report or TWIP has a nicer edge to it than whatever child did the current titles.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A TICKER!!!
That's my two cents!
Diarmy
DI
It does seem strange to reorganize this late in the year. Although its somewhat coinciding with the new year, Charlie Bird moving to US in the place of Robert Shortt, and probably RTE's financial year too. I hope they replace the anchors too. Dobbo is doing it too long now and seems to bring down the sense of fun that the likes of Eamonn Horan brings for example. Sharon's blunt and groany voice also needs some attention. No reason why the news can't be fun.
I for one like the general format of the news. I would like to see less sporting emphasis and more business emphasis, particularly given what's going on. And a new Business anchor, replacing the inept David 'D4' Murphy who it seems hasn't a clue what he's talking about (ask any business person what they think of his reports!)
The coffee colour never did anything for me personally. It wouldn't look amiss on Channel 5 News with anchorman Ron Burgandy in the late 70s. But today the primary colours are most important. Something with the RTE blue and green again would be nice. And the opening sequence has to have some realism in it. The likes of Oireachtas Report or TWIP has a nicer edge to it than whatever child did the current titles.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A TICKER!!!
That's my two cents!
Diarmy
RTE News - Ireland
There's something afoot alright. It's sad that RTE think that we wouldn't notice if two glaringly obvious joints between the three panels were on screen in the closing shot. And to make matters worse, they've tried to re-created the glass struts bolts by using a radial gradient on a circle printed on the screen! Have a look to the right of the main anchor in the closing shot - it looks like a badly drawn Christmas bauble!It does seem strange to reorganize this late in the year. Although its somewhat coinciding with the new year, Charlie Bird moving to US in the place of Robert Shortt, and probably RTE's financial year too. I hope they replace the anchors too. Dobbo is doing it too long now and seems to bring down the sense of fun that the likes of Eamonn Horan brings for example. Sharon's blunt and groany voice also needs some attention. No reason why the news can't be fun.
I for one like the general format of the news. I would like to see less sporting emphasis and more business emphasis, particularly given what's going on. And a new Business anchor, replacing the inept David 'D4' Murphy who it seems hasn't a clue what he's talking about (ask any business person what they think of his reports!)
The coffee colour never did anything for me personally. It wouldn't look amiss on Channel 5 News with anchorman Ron Burgandy in the late 70s. But today the primary colours are most important. Something with the RTE blue and green again would be nice. And the opening sequence has to have some realism in it. The likes of Oireachtas Report or TWIP has a nicer edge to it than whatever child did the current titles.
AND PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US A TICKER!!!
That's my two cents!
Diarmy
DI
RTÉ News
that's the worst case of 'teamwork' i've ever seen... the rest of them are taking the earpieces out before the show ends (unforgiving in any station) but the fact he just walked out!! They're all amazed, and he looks as if he knows exactly what he's doing. Considering he's there almost as long as RTE itself, i'd be hard-pushed to believe he made a mistake. just shows the shabbyness of it all
DI
I'm sick of this. The Government make great strides to ensure the preservation and support of the Irish language, and as soon as it becomes a recognised working language of the European Union, RTÉ make every effort to make it look incompetent - cutting down the time slots, making the set look frumpy and unprepared and making hideous mistakes and then putting an ugly 'blonde' onscreen. I can't wait for TG4's independence... it'll be no surprise that after about 2 months after the April 'freedom date', RTÉ will almost completely obliterate the Nuacht.
Feckin semi-states.
RTÉ News
I'm ashamed to say she has a southern irish accent. This is a great day for RTÉ where they can get another terrible presenter into the Nuacht slot. As if the ascendency of Dublin 4's omnipitent ostentatious opinion of the Irish language weren't obvious enough, they put this 'lost sheep' infront of the cameras and behind that desk for 'the news for oirish people, royshe'.I'm sick of this. The Government make great strides to ensure the preservation and support of the Irish language, and as soon as it becomes a recognised working language of the European Union, RTÉ make every effort to make it look incompetent - cutting down the time slots, making the set look frumpy and unprepared and making hideous mistakes and then putting an ugly 'blonde' onscreen. I can't wait for TG4's independence... it'll be no surprise that after about 2 months after the April 'freedom date', RTÉ will almost completely obliterate the Nuacht.
Feckin semi-states.