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(April 2008)

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noggin posted:
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TLS">Sorry to sound silly but have I got this right - all the national news are now sharing their studio with the BBC News Channel?

No - the One and Ten share, the Six remains in the Newsround/Newsnight studio, as it has been since January.
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Also how did the old News 24 get by without a vision mixer?


They did different wipe effects to the News Channel (and as World still use)

I'm not saying that the 10 year old mixers used by News 24 and World are ancient and antique models - they are still perfectly usable mixers (and in fact are a standard model used in many other studios - the Sport galleries have two similar models) - and it is possible to achieve excellent effects if you add extra kit (as the BBC One and Newsround/Newsnight galleries got a couple of years ago to add flashier wipes - as used by Newsround, Newsnight and the previous One/Six/Ten and titles with key reveals etc.)

The new mixers that the News Channel and Newsround/Newsnight studio have incorporate animation stores with keys - so that short wipe effects can be stored in the mixer.

The old News 24 and World mixers can only do standard mixer wipes - though the borders of these wipes can be filled with external video sources (as the current World and previous News 24 headline wipes employed)


Ahh very interesting noggin cheers Very Happy Strange how the Six is down in the main studios at TVC Almost anyone working in TVC could just walk in and interrupt the flagship news (well, apart from that lock they've got on the door Sad Laughing )
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George just said News 24.....
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Bail Moderator
Quite right George! As it should be!
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JonathanC
And that's another pound in the swear box.
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Ant
Tut tut George!

It wasn't even "BBC News 24" he said. Very Happy
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Steve in Pudsey
Expand
TLS">Also how did the old News 24 get by without a vision mixer?


Are you talking about a piece of equipment or the person operating it? If it's the latter, the director did it AFAIK
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Techy Peep Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
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TLS">Also how did the old News 24 get by without a vision mixer?


Are you talking about a piece of equipment or the person operating it? If it's the latter, the director did it AFAIK

The TD mixed things manually, the automation system mixed things automatically
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BBriscoe
Just seen the opening of the 10 for the first time with the 'new look'.

All I can say is Yuk!! The titles are disgusting and cheap looking. The studio looks tiny in comparison with the previous one.

More of our licence fee down the drain!
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bai4943
BBriscoe posted:
Just seen the opening of the 10 for the first time with the 'new look'.

All I can say is Yuk!! The titles are disgusting and cheap looking. The studio looks tiny in comparison with the previous one.

More of our licence fee down the drain!


How can it look smaller than the last one when its the same one?

Oh and theres nothing like constructive criticism... Rolling Eyes
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Noelfirl
BBriscoe posted:
Just seen the opening of the 10 for the first time with the 'new look'.

All I can say is Yuk!! The titles are disgusting and cheap looking. The studio looks tiny in comparison with the previous one.

More of our licence fee down the drain!


Yawn... I know most people are disappointed with the new look (including me for many parts), but I don't think you've ever said a positive thing about anything the BBC has ever done.
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Brekkie
bai4943 posted:
How can it look smaller than the last one when its the same one?

Oh and theres nothing like constructive criticism... Rolling Eyes


That maybe the case, but it does look smaller. The old layout had basically the desk in half the studio and open space in the other half of the studio. Now the desk appears to fill most the studio - no doubt IMO the old layout made better use of the space.
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noggin Founding member
bai4943 posted:
BBriscoe posted:
Just seen the opening of the 10 for the first time with the 'new look'.

All I can say is Yuk!! The titles are disgusting and cheap looking. The studio looks tiny in comparison with the previous one.

More of our licence fee down the drain!


How can it look smaller than the last one when its the same one?

Oh and theres nothing like constructive criticism... Rolling Eyes


The same space can look bigger or smaller depending on how big the desk is, where it is situated, where you position your cameras, where you stand your presenter and what lenses you use.

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