The Newsroom

the great big BBC News studio shuffle

Studios now shuffled. (April 2006)

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OL
Oldboy
StuartPlymouth posted:


I did hear a comment once that ITV News actually project a faint image on the back of their CSO screen to allow the presenters to have the correct eye level contact - is this correct?


That's correct - the presenters can see what's on the wall, although the image can't be too clear or it would interfere with the keying for the output. Very occasionally when the keying isn't working properly you can see the real wall image bleeding through - the giveaway is the appearance of a large number 1,2,3 or 4 at the bottom of the wall. Although this was more usual on the News Channel because they didn't have a full gallery crew.
MB
Media Boy
Moz posted:
StuartPlymouth posted:
Moz posted:
We were told that they'd be making more use of CSO so, from what MediaBoy has said, I presume we should be expecting ITV Theatre of News style walls that can change to show different things. Perhaps the weather presenter will appear as if the walls have opened to the garden outside?

If it's done well, it'll look good.


Surely N6 already had the necessary software to "know" where cameras were to allow a similar VR environment to be created as ITV News use. But in view of the comments made by Bill T about a "technologically advanced studio", can't they have a video wall along the lines of Sky News ?

I understand that N6 isn't anything like the size of the Sky News Centre, but they could produce a similar effect with clever use of an LCD-screen-based video wall and moveable walls for when the National News bulletins/summaries are being broadcast from 0915-0600.

I know lots here disagree with me but I think ITV's use of CSO is a lot better than Sky's pixelated wall. Not only does it look better, they use it better. Sky sometimes have the same picture three times on their wall just to fill it. What's the point of that? The way the ITV presenters turn to their wall and the correspondent appears in a box which wipes across is excellent.

And we were told that the BBC would be using CSO, not screens.


I don't know where you got that from but its not CSO. Very Happy
MO
Moz
Clever glass then?
ST
Steery
Greetings from a new contributor - has the N6 refit gone to plan, or have there been any unexpected hitches [so far]?
BL
Blob
so are those lightboxes on the wall then?
BA
Bail Moderator
I wonder whats written on the A4 bits of paper gaffa taped to the back wall. Also I never realised how low the celing was in there, it also, from that angle looks quite small too. The joy of lenses...
MA
mark Founding member
StuartPlymouth posted:

Don't forget the pink set, wihch came after the VR one. Newsnight and Working Lunch also used it, with different panels and lighting.
WH
whiteside2005
Bail posted:
I wonder whats written on the A4 bits of paper gaffa taped to the back wall.


Beware Wet Paint!
IS
Inspector Sands
Blob posted:
so are those lightboxes on the wall then?


If you mean the rectanglular panels then they're soundproofing
RJ
Russell James
I may be wrong in assumng but that box in the celing may be above the desk and have lights inside it

Who took the picture anyway and when? And could they get more Wink !!
DA
Dan Founding member
Moz posted:
You come on here saying "I know something you don't know, nah, nah, nah!" and you''re surprised when people get annoyed.


Yes I am a bit surprised when people get annoyed at insiders posting the maximum amount of information they think they can without jeopardising their employment, which sometimes isn't that much. That's why some of us don't post anything like that any more, although others have more patience which I respect them for. I can't remember anyone sounding smug, just trying to make points briefly and with some degree of subtlety - bear in mind that if they can tell you whether the set is going to be blue or not, they might not have half an hour spare to post every detail of which bits are, which bits aren't, why not, etc.

Moz posted:
eg saying it's not going to be blue!


Well the sky's blue sometimes.
IS
Isonstine Founding member
Dan posted:
Well the sky's blue sometimes.


That's the best clue yet! Laughing

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