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By far the worst angle in BBC News is the one in N8 which shows the Barco - which is directly side on. It's so far zoomed out that the whole desk can be seen - and Zeinab Badawi and a few other presenters literally turn their whole body round to face the camera instead of just turning their head, which looks very, very uncomfortable.
No, I think Zeinab's side on shots are very good, they show the versatility of the studio, as a main point of thses shots represent the different programmes. Impact is done from the end of the desk closest to the Barco, so Mishal often is surrounded by an image; GMT is done with a standing up TOTH and 1230 from the Barco and the George sits about 2/3rds along the desk; The Hub is done from a podium next to the wall; Business Edition from the exact middle of the desk and Zeinab's usually 1/3rd to 1/2 down the desk, and spins on the chair to do the 1900 and 200 TOTHs. So I think it's quite effective - but does raise the question - isn't that studio boiling hot considering it's used sometimes roughly 19 hours a day non-stop!
By far the worst angle in BBC News is the one in N8 which shows the Barco - which is directly side on. It's so far zoomed out that the whole desk can be seen - and Zeinab Badawi and a few other presenters literally turn their whole body round to face the camera instead of just turning their head, which looks very, very uncomfortable.
No, I think Zeinab's side on shots are very good, they show the versatility of the studio, as a main point of thses shots represent the different programmes. Impact is done from the end of the desk closest to the Barco, so Mishal often is surrounded by an image; GMT is done with a standing up TOTH and 1230 from the Barco and the George sits about 2/3rds along the desk; The Hub is done from a podium next to the wall; Business Edition from the exact middle of the desk and Zeinab's usually 1/3rd to 1/2 down the desk, and spins on the chair to do the 1900 and 200 TOTHs. So I think it's quite effective - but does raise the question - isn't that studio boiling hot considering it's used sometimes roughly 19 hours a day non-stop!
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They do seem to be doing some snazzy bits with the Barcos over the past few days, as I said earlier - the other night when Chris Eakin was on talking about the snow - they used a full image wrap round the walls - rather than the far left wall.