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AC
aconnell
Sport Today from the desk just now with Amelia Harris. Never seen this before!
BB
BBC LDN
Now there's something I've definitely not seen for a while - Mike Embley just signed off the 2300GMT bulletin with a "let's have a look back at some of the extraordinary images from Libya from the past few days" - played over a headline bed, with occasional thunderclaps. All it was missing was a proper closing sequence - instead we got a bit of World pres. (it was some countdown clips with breakfiller-ish music)


It's a shame that the current pres assets don't include an update of the brilliant 'extended close' and 'extended close - sombre' pieces that were part of the 2000 presentation resources. These were put to excellent use during BBC World's 9/11 and Iraq War coverage, of course, but to my knowledge, they weren't replaced in the 2004 or 2008 pres updates.
JW
JamesWorldNews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jifIxLCWxLQ&playnext=1&list=PL3F40CFD132E78BCA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCES8I8g5WE&feature=related

You are right, LDN. They were awesome.
CH
chris
Now there's something I've definitely not seen for a while - Mike Embley just signed off the 2300GMT bulletin with a "let's have a look back at some of the extraordinary images from Libya from the past few days" - played over a headline bed, with occasional thunderclaps. All it was missing was a proper closing sequence - instead we got a bit of World pres. (it was some countdown clips with breakfiller-ish music)


It's a shame that the current pres assets don't include an update of the brilliant 'extended close' and 'extended close - sombre' pieces that were part of the 2000 presentation resources. These were put to excellent use during BBC World's 9/11 and Iraq War coverage, of course, but to my knowledge, they weren't replaced in the 2004 or 2008 pres updates.


There was definitely an extended close from the 2007 package; it wasn't very sombre but it was extended. Not sure if it was ever used but I've got a copy of it on another computer.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
chris posted:
Now there's something I've definitely not seen for a while - Mike Embley just signed off the 2300GMT bulletin with a "let's have a look back at some of the extraordinary images from Libya from the past few days" - played over a headline bed, with occasional thunderclaps. All it was missing was a proper closing sequence - instead we got a bit of World pres. (it was some countdown clips with breakfiller-ish music)


It's a shame that the current pres assets don't include an update of the brilliant 'extended close' and 'extended close - sombre' pieces that were part of the 2000 presentation resources. These were put to excellent use during BBC World's 9/11 and Iraq War coverage, of course, but to my knowledge, they weren't replaced in the 2004 or 2008 pres updates.


There was definitely an extended close from the 2007 package; it wasn't very sombre but it was extended. Not sure if it was ever used but I've got a copy of it on another computer.


There's been extended opens and closes for the 2003 and 2008 packages as well. However, like you say they weren't particularly sombre - nowhere near as sombre as the 2000 and 2002 mixes, anyway.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Actually, Rob, I managed to save the headline vamp from The World Today (1999 - Donald and Nici) as my ringtone on my mobile! Love it.

In fact, I liked the sombre version of the pre-David Lowe themes as well.
JA
Jamesypoo
chris posted:
There was definitely an extended close from the 2007 package; it wasn't very sombre but it was extended. Not sure if it was ever used but I've got a copy of it on another computer.

It was used for the closing of the French election coverage on News 24 and World in 2007.
JW
JamesWorldNews
[As a small aside, EID MUBARAK to all of you in BBC Worldland and elsewhere who may be celebrating the festival of Eid Al-Fitr, which has been announced for tomorrow, Tuesday. And so ends another month of Ramadan. Eid Mubarak.]
GE
thegeek Founding member
for those not following in the News Channel thread, Newsday is in N6 this week.

They even had a guest in this evening:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/nonstick/newsday1.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/nonstick/newsday2.png


And a bonus wide shot of the Singapore studio:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/nonstick/abr.png
HO
House
Rico and Singapore seem to have disappeared at the 02:00 (BST) TOTH, with Babita going it alone. That doesn't usually happen, does it? He only finished ABR at 01:45.

Edit: Rico back at 02:08.
SR
SomeRandomStuff

I wish they'd rebrand that studio, and make it bigger as well.
AC
aconnell

I wish they'd rebrand that studio, and make it bigger as well.


^^^ You won't be the first or last to say this. I'd love a bigger studio which is similar to Washington with obviously a large screen, but still keeping that excellent Singapore view that they have. They deserve better than than shoebox!

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