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TW
Time Warp
Andrew posted:
Why has this thread become so ridiculous lately


It's no more ridiculous than it ever was...
JD
jdtech
me_for_nina posted:
CentralWest posted:
jdtech posted:
Good to have her back, however, the ending style was a lot different, Mark & Mary went round to the sides of the desk and briefy Mary looked back at the newswall, as if looking at the ending titles, even though all that was there was green.

John


They could still see them though, as they are faintly projected arn't they?

Yes, faintly. How else would presenters know what they are pointing at? I think it says something about that on the ITV News website when it discusses the newswall.
Quote:
Four back-projectors provide low-level pictures to aid the presenter to interact more naturally with the virtual reality environment.


True, but I remember once Katie Derham was supposed to be doing a live interview with a reporter, their picture did not appear on the newswall yet she still talked to nothing it seemed.

John
JO
Jonathan
I remember Angela Rippon would regularly be looking in the wrong direction, even though somebody's picture was there. It is hilarious to watch.
TW
Time Warp
jdtech posted:
me_for_nina posted:
CentralWest posted:
jdtech posted:
Good to have her back, however, the ending style was a lot different, Mark & Mary went round to the sides of the desk and briefy Mary looked back at the newswall, as if looking at the ending titles, even though all that was there was green.

John


They could still see them though, as they are faintly projected arn't they?

Yes, faintly. How else would presenters know what they are pointing at? I think it says something about that on the ITV News website when it discusses the newswall.
Quote:
Four back-projectors provide low-level pictures to aid the presenter to interact more naturally with the virtual reality environment.


True, but I remember once Katie Derham was supposed to be doing a live interview with a reporter, their picture did not appear on the newswall yet she still talked to nothing it seemed.

John


That could be down to Katie following the rule book. She seems to me like the kind of presenter who would be told what to do and follow it exactly, and not think of something else -in this instance just look at the newswall anyway as if her life depended on it.
AL
Alex
time_warp posted:
jdtech posted:
me_for_nina posted:
CentralWest posted:
jdtech posted:
Good to have her back, however, the ending style was a lot different, Mark & Mary went round to the sides of the desk and briefy Mary looked back at the newswall, as if looking at the ending titles, even though all that was there was green.

John


They could still see them though, as they are faintly projected arn't they?

Yes, faintly. How else would presenters know what they are pointing at? I think it says something about that on the ITV News website when it discusses the newswall.
Quote:
Four back-projectors provide low-level pictures to aid the presenter to interact more naturally with the virtual reality environment.


True, but I remember once Katie Derham was supposed to be doing a live interview with a reporter, their picture did not appear on the newswall yet she still talked to nothing it seemed.

John


That could be down to Katie following the rule book. She seems to me like the kind of presenter who would be told what to do and follow it exactly, and not think of something else -in this instance just look at the newswall anyway as if her life depended on it.


Alternatively the back projection may have been working so Katie would have been initially unaware that there was a problem. Then again, if a picture wasn't projected, Katie may have allowed for the possibility that the problem was with the back projection and not the CSO.
The alternative would be to immediately apologise for a missing video feed that may well have been there from the viewer's point of view.
Either way, once you had chosen a path you'd have to stick with it.
I'm not a games theorist but carrying on as normal was probably the better option because if you're lucky the viewer would be none the wiser. Cool
MM
MonkeyMadness
me_for_nina posted:
I noticed that too, about Tom Bradby! Tonight's EN has been an anti-climax. Except Roger Moore's report, I think the programme has been very sloppy (focusing mainly on Mark Austin). Mary looked uncomfortable at the beginning, fidgeting with papers, but became more confident quickly. I'm not used to Mary's voice, she sounds so shaky. Was she always like that? Nice comment from Mark at the end too!


Wow James Bond himself reporting on the ITV Evening News! Laughing
TW
Time Warp
MonkeyMadness posted:
me_for_nina posted:
I noticed that too, about Tom Bradby! Tonight's EN has been an anti-climax. Except Roger Moore's report, I think the programme has been very sloppy (focusing mainly on Mark Austin). Mary looked uncomfortable at the beginning, fidgeting with papers, but became more confident quickly. I'm not used to Mary's voice, she sounds so shaky. Was she always like that? Nice comment from Mark at the end too!


Wow James Bond himself reporting on the ITV Evening News! Laughing


lol! Laughing
BR
Brekkie
Forgive me if this has been covered, but ITV News seems to have dropped their standard graphics windows for the news - i.e. with the three squares and caption on the Evening News, and the two-square and captions on the other bulletins.

Instead they seem to go for stange camera angle which get the four square in - but just doesn't look as good!
LU
Luke
yeah they've been doing that for a while now - looks much better in my opinion.
MM
MonkeyMadness
Brekkie Boy posted:
Forgive me if this has been covered, but ITV News seems to have dropped their standard graphics windows for the news - i.e. with the three squares and caption on the Evening News, and the two-square and captions on the other bulletins.

Instead they seem to go for stange camera angle which get the four square in - but just doesn't look as good!


I agree it doesn't look as good, but maybe they're trying to fit in with the look of the channel, which keeps on changing.
AN
Andrew Founding member
MonkeyMadness posted:
Brekkie Boy posted:
Forgive me if this has been covered, but ITV News seems to have dropped their standard graphics windows for the news - i.e. with the three squares and caption on the Evening News, and the two-square and captions on the other bulletins.

Instead they seem to go for stange camera angle which get the four square in - but just doesn't look as good!


I agree it doesn't look as good, but maybe they're trying to fit in with the look of the channel, which keeps on changing.

The News Channel or ITV1??
MM
MonkeyMadness
Andrew posted:
MonkeyMadness posted:
Brekkie Boy posted:
Forgive me if this has been covered, but ITV News seems to have dropped their standard graphics windows for the news - i.e. with the three squares and caption on the Evening News, and the two-square and captions on the other bulletins.

Instead they seem to go for stange camera angle which get the four square in - but just doesn't look as good!


I agree it doesn't look as good, but maybe they're trying to fit in with the look of the channel, which keeps on changing.

The News Channel or ITV1??


ITV1, sorry!

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