JO
Yes, the 2pm TOTH was a good example of how much of an improvement this is - countdown hits zero, studio, thunderclap and first headline. That 2-3 second animation really hampered the immediacy (this feels more like a return to the polished 2007 era). The World News style stings/bumpers are great.
The N6 close was perfectly handled; something extremely powerful and eerie about News 24 fading to black before that fantastic elongated countdown. Very well done.
Graphics seem to have been tidied up considerably, although I don't know how much my preference for Swiss over Gill biases this opinion. Shame the old, half-cooked trail endboards live on (although at least there's no Ultra Bold in sight) and the box's new size and layout doesn't fit with the other channels' so we'll probably end up with a BBC Two-style collection (won't flog that dead horse; the horizontal format just works better).
Impressive.
It's also good to not have the BBC News logo appearing at the end of the countdown so you'd essentially have two formups in the space of a minute. That's something that has crept in during the last few years and it never worked IMHO. Also good that there isn't that cheesy gallery shot a la World.
Do like the break bumper after the weather into promos - just like the early days of News 24 before they dropped it to speed things along!
Do like the break bumper after the weather into promos - just like the early days of News 24 before they dropped it to speed things along!
Yes, the 2pm TOTH was a good example of how much of an improvement this is - countdown hits zero, studio, thunderclap and first headline. That 2-3 second animation really hampered the immediacy (this feels more like a return to the polished 2007 era). The World News style stings/bumpers are great.
The N6 close was perfectly handled; something extremely powerful and eerie about News 24 fading to black before that fantastic elongated countdown. Very well done.
Graphics seem to have been tidied up considerably, although I don't know how much my preference for Swiss over Gill biases this opinion. Shame the old, half-cooked trail endboards live on (although at least there's no Ultra Bold in sight) and the box's new size and layout doesn't fit with the other channels' so we'll probably end up with a BBC Two-style collection (won't flog that dead horse; the horizontal format just works better).
Impressive.
HE
It looks like the green screen hasn't completely disappeared. The N24 weatherman prior to 19.30 was sporting a clicker.
WI
william
Founding member
Various thoughts:
If you have a look at the overhead shots, there are some red lines taped on the carpet marking off a kind of 'exclusion' zone around the studio.
There are a few places where they've put a 3x3 display (or two) at the end of a row of desks, again for no obvious benefit to anyone in the room (hiding cabling?) Looks like the feeds you can select from your desk as a journalist have improved a bit - most people seem to get three mini displays stacked vertically on the left or right of their monitor. Nice to be rid of CRTs everywhere.
Can someone confirm that the galleries are switchable - presumably they can route any studio to any gallery if need be? The News Channel can be operated on the same staffing levels as before but from a full size gallery, i.e. it doesn't need it's own, correct?
Are all those globe-shaped red lamps purely decorational, or do they double up as subtle on air lights?
I wondered if all the old TVC kit was going to go up for public auction like they did at Bush House?
Little notices on these desks saying "Access only please. You are on camera".
If you have a look at the overhead shots, there are some red lines taped on the carpet marking off a kind of 'exclusion' zone around the studio.
These big blocks with monitors mounted on them. These seem to have magically appeared as the solution to get rid of all the grey doors showing up on early shots of the newsroom from the studio. Likely serving no actual useful purpose to those in the newsroom at all, but make the backdrop look a lot better.
There are a few places where they've put a 3x3 display (or two) at the end of a row of desks, again for no obvious benefit to anyone in the room (hiding cabling?) Looks like the feeds you can select from your desk as a journalist have improved a bit - most people seem to get three mini displays stacked vertically on the left or right of their monitor. Nice to be rid of CRTs everywhere.
Can someone confirm that the galleries are switchable - presumably they can route any studio to any gallery if need be? The News Channel can be operated on the same staffing levels as before but from a full size gallery, i.e. it doesn't need it's own, correct?
Are all those globe-shaped red lamps purely decorational, or do they double up as subtle on air lights?
I wondered if all the old TVC kit was going to go up for public auction like they did at Bush House?
BB
The access only stuff is described below in the following MG article leaked diagram:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/15/bbc-newsroom-etiquette-broadcasting-house
http://dl1.isnd.co.uk/tvf/w1_access_mg.jpg
It's basically so that people don't walk in front of the windows of the studio and loiter in shot. I can probably forsee the windows getting some frosting over sometime in the future.
The continued presence of a big printer built into the set behind the desk suggests paper is still the best alternative as a backup. I always thought the Sky News tablets flashed around when standing in front of the newswall seemed gimmicky.
A couple of things I noticed from Nick's walkabout:
Little notices on these desks saying "Access only please. You are on camera".
These big blocks with monitors mounted on them. These seem to have magically appeared as the solution to get rid of all the grey doors showing up on early shots of the newsroom from the studio. Likely serving no actual useful purpose to those in the newsroom at all, but make the backdrop look a lot better.
A couple of things I noticed from Nick's walkabout:
Little notices on these desks saying "Access only please. You are on camera".
These big blocks with monitors mounted on them. These seem to have magically appeared as the solution to get rid of all the grey doors showing up on early shots of the newsroom from the studio. Likely serving no actual useful purpose to those in the newsroom at all, but make the backdrop look a lot better.
The access only stuff is described below in the following MG article leaked diagram:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/mar/15/bbc-newsroom-etiquette-broadcasting-house
http://dl1.isnd.co.uk/tvf/w1_access_mg.jpg
It's basically so that people don't walk in front of the windows of the studio and loiter in shot. I can probably forsee the windows getting some frosting over sometime in the future.