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Yes - both sets are "set" at the same time - usually Saturday afternoon.
They use different sides of the studios, and just wondered. They often seem to have a guest sitting on a chair who is out of shot and in my mind it seems they could be sitting on a Politics show chair on the other side of the studio (the background behind them suggests this as well.
The guest cutaway is normally shot on a spare Andrew Marr Show chair if there is only one guest, if there are two they sit on the Politics Show sofa in a different position, and the shot is usually framed to avoid seeing the sofa.
The Politics Show usually has a slightly shorter run than The Andrew Marr Show - and there are sometimes programmes where the Politics Show set isn't set, say the last show before Christmas. On these occasions it is possible for the rostrum on the left hand side of the studio usually used by The Politics Show to be used for The Andrew Marr Show - housing a small audience or a larger than usual music performance area.
Also why is it with both these shows backgrounds the joins in the screens are far less noticeable. Is it just the colours of the background?
No - it is more that the content is much "busier" than other backdrops - so the joins are less visible, and most of the close-up shots have the busiest bit (the buildings) in their background, whilst the wider shots have the skyline, which has more visible joins, but the joins are smaller in frame.
Breakfast and National News use wider close-up shots - which include more seams but bigger in frame.
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m_in_m posted:
Are the Politics Show and Andrew Marr show sets both up at the same time?
Yes - both sets are "set" at the same time - usually Saturday afternoon.
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They use different sides of the studios, and just wondered. They often seem to have a guest sitting on a chair who is out of shot and in my mind it seems they could be sitting on a Politics show chair on the other side of the studio (the background behind them suggests this as well.
The guest cutaway is normally shot on a spare Andrew Marr Show chair if there is only one guest, if there are two they sit on the Politics Show sofa in a different position, and the shot is usually framed to avoid seeing the sofa.
The Politics Show usually has a slightly shorter run than The Andrew Marr Show - and there are sometimes programmes where the Politics Show set isn't set, say the last show before Christmas. On these occasions it is possible for the rostrum on the left hand side of the studio usually used by The Politics Show to be used for The Andrew Marr Show - housing a small audience or a larger than usual music performance area.
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Also why is it with both these shows backgrounds the joins in the screens are far less noticeable. Is it just the colours of the background?
No - it is more that the content is much "busier" than other backdrops - so the joins are less visible, and most of the close-up shots have the busiest bit (the buildings) in their background, whilst the wider shots have the skyline, which has more visible joins, but the joins are smaller in frame.
Breakfast and National News use wider close-up shots - which include more seams but bigger in frame.
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