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(January 2009)

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DE
deejay
noggin posted:
deejay posted:
Indeed. When Points West relaunched in 2004 using BBC Choice's old News set, they initially painted their elderly studio floor gloss black. Unfortunately it looked so bad that the whole lot was eventually replaced. It's now a wood-look painted floor AIUI.


Yep - though it wasn' BBC Choice's old news set - that was ditched when BBC Three launched ISTR.

The Points West set was the original BBC Three News (used for the 15 minute The News Show and Seven O'Clock News on BBC Three). When Liquid News was axed the Seven O'Clock News on BBC Three got a new set - and doubled to 30 minutes. It was at that time that Bristol got the old BBC Three News set (including the projector screen)

The BBC Three News set had a shiny black floor - but it wasn't painted it was covered in "martac" - which is like sticky backed plastic. This gives a very uniform glossy look - but damages quite easily and needs to be replaced quite regularly.

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Putting presenters on a rostrum also improves down-the-camera eye-lines especially when the cameras have robotic heads. I'm not sure if Manchester use robotic heads, but all the network studios have them AFAIK and the rostrums certainly allow the cameras to get a better shot.


Yep - the original Beige/Red BBC National News set didn't have a rostrum (just carpet) and the presenters were quite low, so with remote heads (which raise the camera by quite a lot) the eyelines were a bit steep (as the cameras couldn't go low enough)

BTW - AIUI no BBC Region has ever used robotic cameras, only ever remote cameras. BBC News used Robots in N2 - but they didn't keep them when they moved down - and are now remotes only.

(Robots are peds that move around, remotes are just pan/tilt/zoom and optionally elevate, but need to be manually re-positioned. Much safer - and as a result much cheaper)


Getting my Choices and Threes mixed up! It all blurs into one...! Quite a lot of people (even in BBC Bristol) often say it's Liquid News' old set, which is even more wrong!
AL
Alfamale
Hymagumba posted:
tsk gavin, got their first.

the reason for suggesting the rostrum however is that it will firstly help break up the studio floor which looks terrible (not least due to their choice of gloss paint) but will help raise the presenters both against the backdrop and for general shots.


It's a matte finish. Was gloss when first done. Perhaps you need to turn down the contrast?
GV
Gustav V
Alfamale posted:
Hymagumba posted:
tsk gavin, got their first.

the reason for suggesting the rostrum however is that it will firstly help break up the studio floor which looks terrible (not least due to their choice of gloss paint) but will help raise the presenters both against the backdrop and for general shots.


It's a matte finish. Was gloss when first done. Perhaps you need to turn down the contrast?


Indeed because the floor is so very important
AL
Alfamale
Gustav V posted:
Alfamale posted:
Hymagumba posted:
tsk gavin, got their first.

the reason for suggesting the rostrum however is that it will firstly help break up the studio floor which looks terrible (not least due to their choice of gloss paint) but will help raise the presenters both against the backdrop and for general shots.


It's a matte finish. Was gloss when first done. Perhaps you need to turn down the contrast?


Indeed because the floor is so very important


How true - without it even Gordon would be unable to offset gravity's pull.
PE
Pete Founding member
Alfamale posted:
It's a matte finish. Was gloss when first done. Perhaps you need to turn down the contrast?


so it is, I must have been looking at the wrong screencap at the time.

However I feel a rostrum would still improve the set.

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IM
its me
No weather graphics this lunchtime but Heather stood infront of the Oxford Road view. Would be great if this was still in use.
NW
nwtv2003
its me posted:
No weather graphics this lunchtime but Heather stood infront of the Oxford Road view. Would be great if this was still in use.


Aye I noticed that, but to be fair the Salford Quays view doesn't look too bad, you just don't see it that much during the bulletins.
CH
chris
nwtv2003 posted:
its me posted:
No weather graphics this lunchtime but Heather stood infront of the Oxford Road view. Would be great if this was still in use.


Aye I noticed that, but to be fair the Salford Quays view doesn't look too bad, you just don't see it that much during the bulletins.


It doesn't look bad; it just doesn't make sense. They're not their yet so why show a picture of it?
NW
nwtv2003
Whoops, poor Heather has lost her voice on air again on the 7.55am update. It appears that the Breakfast updates have gained a clock now aswell.
RO
rob Founding member
nwtv2003 posted:
Whoops, poor Heather has lost her voice on air again on the 7.55am update. It appears that the Breakfast updates have gained a clock now aswell.


I think all regions now have a clock. We do here in the South.
NW
nwtv2003
rob posted:
nwtv2003 posted:
Whoops, poor Heather has lost her voice on air again on the 7.55am update. It appears that the Breakfast updates have gained a clock now aswell.


I think all regions now have a clock. We do here in the South.


About time, I know London have had the National clock for a while now, for us the clock has only appeared this morning.
JJ
JJ
Has Niomi Cornwell,left NWT, as she appeared on BBC Breakfast today, from Leeds, reporting on ITV?

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