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(January 2005)

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NickyS Founding member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I would trust Nicky's info on that!

Why couldn't the bulletin have been done from that CSO in the Politics Show studio?

Not sure I would imagine it was down to people would have had to work overtime etc thus costing more ... don't know just guessing.
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Dog
It's because the national news now plays its clips out from a server. As TC7 would have been in manual TX play in mode for the Polotics Show, it wouldn't have been very easy to switch to server, then back to manual during a show; infact it's a bloody pain.

So the national bull came from N8 (n24) who had the clips on the server.
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Mikeroberts
It happened once ofer christmas too, with sophie raworth
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Weather Man
watching the one today, it looked quite fake, or just clean, but i though i saw some CSO (green) on the desk, but it could of just been me!
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A former member
watching the 10 and i've noticed graphics just behind Huw and the in-studio reporter, in the direct centre of the set. Graphics look too clean to be a screen, so assuming they've put in a CSO panel?
PC
Philip Cobbold
Weather Man posted:
watching the one today, it looked quite fake, or just clean, but i though i saw some CSO (green) on the desk, but it could of just been me!

There's a big green CSO curtain opposite the set - the green you saw could have been reflected from that.
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Adam
newspig posted:
watching the 10 and i've noticed graphics just behind Huw and the in-studio reporter, in the direct centre of the set. Graphics look too clean to be a screen, so assuming they've put in a CSO panel?


I think the centre-screen graphics are overlaid - they always use the same shot so the computer can place it correctly. It can't be CSO (because there are often moving shots at the start/end of the programme - you would see a blue/green panel)), unless they're using the same technology as ITV News - and I doubt that very much.
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Ben Founding member
Adam posted:
It can't be CSO (because there are often moving shots at the start/end of the programme - you would see a blue/green panel)), unless they're using the same technology as ITV News - and I doubt that very much.


As the background is made of projectors, its not impossible to project one panel green or blue and use it as a CSO backdrop and then change it back to usual backdrop for other shots. I'm not saying that is how it is done though.
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A former member
Adam posted:
newspig posted:
watching the 10 and i've noticed graphics just behind Huw and the in-studio reporter, in the direct centre of the set. Graphics look too clean to be a screen, so assuming they've put in a CSO panel?


I think the centre-screen graphics are overlaid - they always use the same shot so the computer can place it correctly. It can't be CSO (because there are often moving shots at the start/end of the programme - you would see a blue/green panel)), unless they're using the same technology as ITV News - and I doubt that very much.


Huw was sitting over the graphic, as in it was behind his head as well - so surely it couldn't an an overlay if this is the case?
DJ
David Jonathan
Projection screens can be quite good. Look at BBC WORLD's second set for example (used for The World/World Business Report and Sport Today). I always think the projection screens in this studio are much better than the ones in N6. Especially during World business report you can't even tell if it is CSO or a projection.
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noggin Founding member
The graphic between the presenter and reporter in the studio in the BBC One studio (mainly used on the Ten) is projected.

There is no overlay, inlay, or CSO required on the camera shot.

The graphics are "keyed" over the background image and this composite is routed to the middle projector screen. This means that the presenter and reporter can both see the graphics for real.

It was a technique first used by the Ten during the Gulf War coverage ISTR - and pops up now and again (especially for economics stories)
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Weather Man
noggin posted:
The graphic between the presenter and reporter in the studio in the BBC One studio (mainly used on the Ten) is projected.

There is no overlay, inlay, or CSO required on the camera shot.

The graphics are "keyed" over the background image and this composite is routed to the middle projector screen. This means that the presenter and reporter can both see the graphics for real.


It was a technique first used by the Ten during the Gulf War coverage ISTR - and pops up now and again (especially for economics stories)


it would be great if they could be bothered to use that on the six with both presenters there for the main story, or even as a side bar during the one as the one does look a bit un-interesting with the inset and the occasional screen

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