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HA
hamlet
Any idea what's happened to Carrie Gracie? Haven't seen anything of her since she disappeared an hour early at 12 noon on Friday 10th February. She didn't do Saturday 11th or the Friday and Saturday since.
CO
couch_potato
Could Carrie's sudden disappearance be part of the rumoured presenter changes at News 24? We'll have to wait and see!
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Now on News 24, the news with Jon Sopel and Louise Minchin (come back!)
MO
Moz
They're using a 'Recorded Pictures' slug on the right above the TOG now - never used to before.
NE
News24
couch_potato posted:
Could Carrie's sudden disappearance be part of the rumoured presenter changes at News 24? We'll have to wait and see!


Maybe she's on holiday (shock horror)
BB
BBC LDN
Moz posted:
They're using a 'Recorded Pictures' slug on the right above the TOG now - never used to before.


If you mean above the main headline supers, then that's been used quite a few times before, and is often used to label the location or date of footage being shown on the right while a live or recorded interviewee is shown in a cropped window on the left. One development is that it doesn't seem to line up very successfully with the top of the supers any more; there's a bit of a blurry smudgy gap between the bottom of the slug and the top of the TOG graphics.
MO
Moz
BBC LDN posted:
Moz posted:
They're using a 'Recorded Pictures' slug on the right above the TOG now - never used to before.


If you mean above the main headline supers, then that's been used quite a few times before, and is often used to label the location or date of footage being shown on the right while a live or recorded interviewee is shown in a cropped window on the left. One development is that it doesn't seem to line up very successfully with the top of the supers any more; there's a bit of a blurry smudgy gap between the bottom of the slug and the top of the TOG graphics.

While I note your observation that it don't line up properly, I disagree that it's been used lots before. Yes, the slug in the position I descrive has been used, but not 'Recorded Pictures' for pictures which were filmed only hours earlier.
BB
BBC LDN
Moz posted:
BBC LDN posted:
Moz posted:
They're using a 'Recorded Pictures' slug on the right above the TOG now - never used to before.


If you mean above the main headline supers, then that's been used quite a few times before, and is often used to label the location or date of footage being shown on the right while a live or recorded interviewee is shown in a cropped window on the left. One development is that it doesn't seem to line up very successfully with the top of the supers any more; there's a bit of a blurry smudgy gap between the bottom of the slug and the top of the TOG graphics.

While I note your observation that it don't line up properly, I disagree that it's been used lots before. Yes, the slug in the position I descrive has been used, but not 'Recorded Pictures' for pictures which were filmed only hours earlier.


Hmm, well I've definitely seen it used before. I don't know if it's been used specifically "for pictures which were filmed only hours earlier", but I've seen it showing "LIBRARY PICTURES", for example, as well as descriptions like "DECEMBER 2005" or "LIVE, RIVER THAMES". The only significant changes that I can personally note are the gap and the use of mixed case, where previously it was all upper case.
GE
thegeek Founding member
It has to be said that "Recorded Pictures" is a pretty useless caption to use. Particularly since it was sitting directly above a "LATEST PICTURES" strap.
W1
w12
thegeek posted:
It has to be said that "Recorded Pictures" is a pretty useless caption to use. Particularly since it was sitting directly above a "LATEST PICTURES" strap.

It's used in situations where there could be some confusion for viewers (who may not all be as aware of these things as regulars in this forum) as to whether the pictures on screen are live or recorded.

Goodness, how dull this thread has become. It's really in need of some major developments to get things firing again.

Lucky for this thread then that we'll hear on Wednesday about the plans for......
MO
Moz
w12 posted:
Lucky for this thread then that we'll hear on Wednesday about the plans for......

(is this one of those games? I like them!)

....Moira Stewart to....
FC
Freeview Cool Man
(Deleted as it has been criticised)
MO
Moz
Rachel's on her own now. Presume Jon's nipped off to the RTS awards bash to pick up their Channel of the Year Award!

EDIT: Sportsday on location from Chelsea!

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