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the great big BBC News studio shuffle

Studios now shuffled. (April 2006)

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ST
STV Today
TROGGLES posted:
noggin posted:
TROGGLES posted:
thegeek posted:
josh205 posted:
So has this studio being built over the 4 days or being constructed for ages then in the 4 space time they have moved the desk into the studio ??

Edit: They most probably made the papers yellow because if they were white you wouldn't notice there was papers there! Laughing

It's exactly the same set that used to be in N6; they spent a couple of days moving it to a different studio in TV Centre.
As for the colour of the paper? Surely it's just what happened to be in the nearest stationery cupboard?

Gavin Scott posted:
I would like to see an esoteric commentator sitting in the corner, giving his views as we go along.

Like Jacques "Jacques" Liverot on The Day Today.
"What is gay?"

Most broadcasters use yellow paper for scripts in a studio as it does not reflect as much light as white.


Yes - Newsnight and Breakfast use yellow. Oddly the One, Six and Ten do as well now... Wonder why that is?

Proberbly because they are having camera problems with the set in the new studio being overlit. You have a white desk top lit from underneath a great deal of overhead white lighting and very little fill light. Add some white paper and it would shine and reflect everywhere.


I remember Reporting Scotland had yellow paper for news, blue for running order and green for sport!

Scotland Today had peach and lilac and had FAR more detail. They would have one headline in the title sequence on each sheet of paper..hardly the most environmentally friendly programme. In saying that with all the cuts they may have a whole script on one A4 sheet soon!! Razz
NG
noggin Founding member
TROGGLES posted:
noggin posted:
TROGGLES posted:
thegeek posted:
josh205 posted:
So has this studio being built over the 4 days or being constructed for ages then in the 4 space time they have moved the desk into the studio ??

Edit: They most probably made the papers yellow because if they were white you wouldn't notice there was papers there! Laughing

It's exactly the same set that used to be in N6; they spent a couple of days moving it to a different studio in TV Centre.
As for the colour of the paper? Surely it's just what happened to be in the nearest stationery cupboard?

Gavin Scott posted:
I would like to see an esoteric commentator sitting in the corner, giving his views as we go along.

Like Jacques "Jacques" Liverot on The Day Today.
"What is gay?"

Most broadcasters use yellow paper for scripts in a studio as it does not reflect as much light as white.


Yes - Newsnight and Breakfast use yellow. Oddly the One, Six and Ten do as well now... Wonder why that is?

Proberbly because they are having camera problems with the set in the new studio being overlit. You have a white desk top lit from underneath a great deal of overhead white lighting and very little fill light. Add some white paper and it would shine and reflect everywhere.


Err - no. Probably that the printers are in a studio that has a stock of yellow paper...
SP
Spencer
I was always led to believe that scripts were printed on coloured paper to mark them out easily from other office paperwork. If someone has to rush in to a studio quickly and grab their scripts, it helps if they don't pick up a bunch of office memos by accident.
JA
jamesmd
Spencer For Hire posted:
I was always led to believe that scripts were printed on coloured paper to mark them out easily from other office paperwork. If someone has to rush in to a studio quickly and grab their scripts, it helps if they don't pick up a bunch of office memos by accident.


This is very important in regional newsrooms - as many don't have a printer in the studio (I know Newcastle don't, and they print on purplish paper) but this isn't so essential in London as most news sets will have some form of printer in the studio, cunningly hidden behind the sofa or under the desk.
GI
gillw72
Whilst on the subject of scripts, when I have caught sight of them on a newsreader desks or in someone's hand, it appears that the text is all printed on the right hand side of the page leaving the left hand side blank. Is there a reason for this? Hope this makes sense!!
SP
Spencer
gillw posted:
Whilst on the subject of scripts, when I have caught sight of them on a newsreader desks or in someone's hand, it appears that the text is all printed on the right hand side of the page leaving the left hand side blank. Is there a reason for this? Hope this makes sense!!


I believe formats vary for scripts, but I understand it's common to have the script on the right, and other information such as studio directions on the left.
NG
noggin Founding member
Standard UK TV scripts for multicamera production are usually two wide columns, with many often having an extra, thinner column on the extreme right (not in news usually).

Dialogue in the right hand column, along with stage instructions etc.

Camera instructions, and other stuff in the left hand column (shot number, framing, development etc.) with a cut line into the right hand column to indicate the cut point - if it is that scripted.

The point of this is that a presenter can easily read the words they need to, without having to skip over technical instructions, and the crew who read scripts can see how the various instructions link to the spoken word / sony lyrics etc. easily.

The third thinner column on the extreme right is for sound instructions, like gramms (aka music effects) etc.

You will also see lots of numbers spread around scripts : Item numbers, shot numbers, bar counts (for music), camera numbers etc.
IS
Inspector Sands
Anne MacKenzie Fan posted:
Scotland Today had peach and lilac and had FAR more detail. They would have one headline in the title sequence on each sheet of paper..hardly the most environmentally friendly programme. In saying that with all the cuts they may have a whole script on one A4 sheet soon!! Razz


One headline (or any item) per sheet is done so that it's easier to rearrange/drop items. The sheets are numbered and the numbers relate to the running order
JW
JamesWorldNews
ITN used to use the brightest yellow paper. No expense spared.
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JA
jamesmd
CAPTION COMPETITION

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Carol got bored and so turned to origami for fun during one bulletin
JW
JamesWorldNews
CAPTION COMPETITION

The scripts used by Peter Sissons are on yellow paper, which was originally white paper, but turned yellow due to age.
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RT
rts Founding member
Carol certainly thought this one the hardest Sudoko's her name-sake had made.

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