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Widescreen - Sat 1st Dec (December 2005)

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MO
mokked
The News at Ten was shown in all regions at the same time. ITV1 had a breakdown and the entire first part had Wales stuck on the screen.

Surprisingly the words "NEWS AT TEN" appeared in 3 locations depending which graphic was used. Two were ok but one clashed with the word WALES
PA
pad
freddy posted:
pad posted:
I wish they'd update the Lunchtime and Evening News now, the graphics and sets are so old.


Tune in on Feb 9th Wink


Whoa, I hope you're right!
EJ
EJNutz
Has Helen Callaghan left ITV News. We seem to have a lot of Rupert Evelyn reporting from the West Country recently.
JJ
JJ
According to TV Newsroom Twitter, bothe the Lunchtime and Evening News are adopting a similar layout to News At Ten on Monday.
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JO
Joshua
Good to hear that. I imagine thats the end of stood up presenting too.

I wonder what the titles will be like then, also, I presume they will create NaT style graphics?
JW
JamesWorldNews
josh205 posted:
Good to hear that. I imagine thats the end of stood up presenting too.

I wonder what the titles will be like then, also, I presume they will create NaT style graphics?

Let's hope so!! Stood-up presenting has never tickled my tail!
AL
Alex
The News at Ten set graphics are definitely sharper, so hopefully that's the aspect that will be copied, but I'd be a little disappointed if the earlier bulletins became clones of 'the Ten', which still seems to be the least engaging of the three.

I think standing to introduce the bulletin and the first item works very well, particularly on the Lunchtime News which doesn't have the problem of restarting after the adverts. I'm sure the BBC wouldn't use the same approach for their News at Ten if they didn't agree.
NI
Nicky
BBC WORLD posted:
josh205 posted:
Good to hear that. I imagine thats the end of stood up presenting too.

I wonder what the titles will be like then, also, I presume they will create NaT style graphics?

Let's hope so!! Stood-up presenting has never tickled my tail!


Very interesting about the forthcoming refresh - and what I wanted to see happen, personally. I liked how the US election programme in November had a separate studio design but utilised those glass sheet/screens from NaT - having a similar setup for the Morning, Lunchtime, and Evening bulletins would be great as it both separates from and ties together with NaT (like the 1995 branding I guess).

I presume the non-NaT music will be kept the same? If not, I'm not all that happy with it being "beefed up" anymore than it already is.
JW
JamesWorldNews
Alex posted:
I'm sure the BBC wouldn't use the same approach for their News at Ten if they didn't agree.


Does Huw stand-up for the intro? I had no idea. But what effect does it have? What does the average viewer think, one wonders? Does he even notice?
JJ
JJ
Maybe their might be some relaunch news on tonights Evening News. Last time they did a big relaunch in 2004, the friday before it happened, there was a preview a bit of news about the new look.
NI
Nicky
JJ posted:
Maybe their might be some relaunch news on tonights Evening News. Last time they did a big relaunch in 2004, the friday before it happened, there was a preview a bit of news about the new look.


I wouldn't necessarily call this time round a "big relaunch" - they are keeping the same studio set. It was notable for them to have a preview back in 2004 as it was a major relaunch with a new set, new graphics, new music, and so on. I expect you'll find out on Monday what it looks like - which is what happened the last time in 2006 (both times - the teal coloured backdrop in January and the blue coloured one in November).
AL
Alex
BBC WORLD posted:
Alex posted:
I'm sure the BBC wouldn't use the same approach for their News at Ten if they didn't agree.

Does Huw stand-up for the intro? I had no idea. But what effect does it have? What does the average viewer think, one wonders? Does he even notice?

On the occasions that I can recall it has been Fiona but I'm sure Huw is no different.

Whilst I would agree that striding from one side of the studio to the other is a gimmick that, thankfully, hasn't been seen on ITV or the BBC for quite some time, I feel that, as currently featured, standing helps to delineate the start of the bulletin and adds a little variety, avoiding the use of the same, dull head-and-shoulders shot throughout.

It's quite possible that your typical viewer doesn't notice, which would make it an even more effective device. It would be a shame to lose that based on criticisms that I feel are no longer applicable.

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