JO
Justice Once
I suppose that the *primary* reason for the studio having a "glass wall" (i.e. window) is because of the Public Space? (There is also a window between the Public Space and the newsroom, which is perpendicular to the studio window; so visitors in the Public Space can see directly into the studio, looking diagonally across one end/corner of the newsroom)
So, any talk of the window now being blacked-out/replaced with a brick wall (or whatever) is surely extremely doubtful, as the Public Space ethos presumably will remain?
So, any talk of the window now being blacked-out/replaced with a brick wall (or whatever) is surely extremely doubtful, as the Public Space ethos presumably will remain?
I'm sure those who have been there, will agree the public space has never really allowed people to get a good view of the studio. You could always sort of see the sofa and the back of the presenters heads. But if you didn't know what you were looking for, you wouldn't have realised.
Also you have to stand at a position you don't feel you should be at.
Agreed. I visited once (must've been in 2004/05), and indeed had to stand somewhere where I felt that I might be visible in the background on-air (if a bulletin had been occurring at that moment, which it wasn't!) in order to see into the studio.
There was a feature which I think had feeds from all the different cameras in the studio that you could flick between them. That was near the chroma key area.
I'm sure it's not in use anymore though.
Has the whole "Public Space" ethos been allowed to quietly fizzle out (generally, not just in Brum), do we think?
