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The NCA studio at BBC Manchester is state of the art kit. As the above poster said it had just been incorrectly keyed (controlled remotely by network). The only thing I could see needs doing to it is bringing into 16:9 as it appears pretty squashed when used on N24 or network. I've never really been a fan of CSO because if it does go wrong it can look terrible, I really like the setup they use at Tunbrige Wells if i recall correctly where the interviewee sits infront of a mockup newsroom with a screen to blur the background.
It may well be 'state of the art kit' but whenever the BBC uses the Manchester newsroom camera it just looks awful. Every single time. When Tony Wilson karked it a few weeks ago they had a guy from New Order on Newsnight from Manchester - cue that ethereal green glow.
The same thing happened a few years ago when John Peel died. I can't remember who the guest was (Mark E Smith, someone from The Undertones?) but the shot looked terrible. Manchester always looks awful (although I'm from Liverpool, so I think that's true generally of Manchester).
adam.m.mcclean posted:
its me posted:
The CSO background used on tonight's Ten for the correspondent in Manchester was terrible, a green glow around him and the picture quality of the backdrop was awful.
It was again used on Newsnight and you could see Oxford Road through the the interviewee's jacket, I assume there was lots of green glowing onto his jacket.
Can the BBC not provide better facilties?
It was again used on Newsnight and you could see Oxford Road through the the interviewee's jacket, I assume there was lots of green glowing onto his jacket.
Can the BBC not provide better facilties?
The NCA studio at BBC Manchester is state of the art kit. As the above poster said it had just been incorrectly keyed (controlled remotely by network). The only thing I could see needs doing to it is bringing into 16:9 as it appears pretty squashed when used on N24 or network. I've never really been a fan of CSO because if it does go wrong it can look terrible, I really like the setup they use at Tunbrige Wells if i recall correctly where the interviewee sits infront of a mockup newsroom with a screen to blur the background.
It may well be 'state of the art kit' but whenever the BBC uses the Manchester newsroom camera it just looks awful. Every single time. When Tony Wilson karked it a few weeks ago they had a guy from New Order on Newsnight from Manchester - cue that ethereal green glow.
The same thing happened a few years ago when John Peel died. I can't remember who the guest was (Mark E Smith, someone from The Undertones?) but the shot looked terrible. Manchester always looks awful (although I'm from Liverpool, so I think that's true generally of Manchester).