Yeah and cheap looking. I can't think of any positives with the new studio .
It's a bad example of design and wears me out when i look at it.
The ITV set has a dreamy feel to it in the evening, i wish it was just more vivid in colour and they had a wind machine so Nina could flick her hair about as she speaks.
I definitely think that ITV's set is better than BBC.
I agree with earlier comments that the fact that the ITV set can be changed virtually at the flick of a switch is very practical and useful, and it will also look good with practically any backdrop used, unlike the BBC's.
I also think the BBC's set is too box like, and doesn't help the whole studio flow.
I also agree with I think the above poster about the weather maps. Surely, unless different models of projector have been used, all the brightness and contrast values can be set the same for all projectors? As for the slight gaps in between each screen, they look especially poor when the projectors light shines through and you can see the light.
Interviews, I think are much better done in the ITV studio than in the BBC's, the desk is longer so guests fit better round it instead of hunched round BBC-stylee.
Surely, unless different models of projector have been used, all the brightness and contrast values can be set the same for all projectors?
That's exactly what I would have thought.
The white gaps between the sections are purely and simply down to the original designer of the studio being a complete prat.
The differences in brightness of the individual panels has to be down to sheer laziness on the part of the backroom staff who set up the studio prior to transmission.
Surely, unless different models of projector have been used, all the brightness and contrast values can be set the same for all projectors?
That's exactly what I would have thought.
The white gaps between the sections are purely and simply down to the original designer of the studio being a complete prat.
The differences in brightness of the individual panels has to be down to sheer laziness on the part of the backroom staff who set up the studio prior to transmission.
I don't know how a designer can get something so wrong, everything is fine with the screens in the Newsround studio, but for the studio where the main bulletins come from it looks like a shoddy rush job!!
Video walls are not difficult things to put together, if Live and Kicking could put four together to make a screen without any annoying gaps I'd expect the designer for the BBC's flagship news programmes to be able to do the same.
Surely, unless different models of projector have been used, all the brightness and contrast values can be set the same for all projectors?
That's exactly what I would have thought.
The white gaps between the sections are purely and simply down to the original designer of the studio being a complete prat.
The differences in brightness of the individual panels has to be down to sheer laziness on the part of the backroom staff who set up the studio prior to transmission.
I don't know how a designer can get something so wrong, everything is fine with the screens in the Newsround studio, but for the studio where the main bulletins come from it looks like a shoddy rush job!!
Video walls are not difficult things to put together, if Live and Kicking could put four together to make a screen without any annoying gaps I'd expect the designer for the BBC's flagship news programmes to be able to do the same.
To be fair it isn't the designer's fault - more the way that the screens were installed. The designer is hardly likely to have specified 'white lines must appear along the joins of the screens' in his original design.
To be fair it isn't the designer's fault - more the way that the screens were installed. The designer is hardly likely to have specified 'white lines must appear along the joins of the screens' in his original design.
Why is it that some screens aren't showing at the same resolution as the others? Surely it must have been spotted by someone somewhere?
To be fair it isn't the designer's fault - more the way that the screens were installed. The designer is hardly likely to have specified 'white lines must appear along the joins of the screens' in his original design.
Why is it that some screens aren't showing at the same resolution as the others? Surely it must have been spotted by someone somewhere?
To be fair it isn't the designer's fault - more the way that the screens were installed. The designer is hardly likely to have specified 'white lines must appear along the joins of the screens' in his original design.
No, fair point; but to me, it DOES seem as if he OMITTED to make totally clear that white lines must NOT appear along the joins.
Certainly the white lines are poo, but at least you can now see the weather map clearly unlike on the projector screens in the previous set which were so hideously faded you'd no chance of making out the shading variations on the maps.
Overall, whilst I generally prefer BBC News' presentation, I think ITV's set has the edge. At least it has done since the last revamp when they started using the atrium backdrop. I love the way the perspective changes as the camera moves. Previous to that, the floating blue squares background made the set seem very cold and detached.
Both have flaws, while the BBC's benefits from looking newer!
In fact, I think if they swapped studios it be perfect. The BBC don't make the best use of their newswalls and it would probably work better in the ITV studio where just a newsreader at the desk in the middle for most the programme wouldn't look like a waste of space.
And I've never really liked the really square atrium being projected onto the semi-circular background. If ITV used the BBC studio with the atrium projection it would look alot more realistic! I also think ITV would make better use of the space.
Never thought I would say this, but I prefer BBCs. Personally I don't like the atrium, the quality is really poor on some shots, and I don't like the use of graphics now, and the way all the cameas now have to be moved right infront of the desk, because of the atrium shots. The green don't go with the graphics.
The BBC's is nice, just wish the screens was better quality on the outside. Like the desk.
ITV's set is my favourite, mainly for all the reasons already stated. The round shape of their set also makes it feel more friendly. It was also interesting to see how it changed as the 2006 look came in. It just seems so much more practical how they can modify the set just by changing the lighting colours and pressing a button on a computer to change the backdrop. It must take a lot of training however for the presenters to know where the green screen will position everything. At first I wasn't a fan of the atrium look, but it certainly has grown on me.
