The Newsroom

ITV news Set

(May 2006)

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JO
Jonathan
There used to be a link dedicated to the theatre of news. It's basically CSO but they project what the viewer sees faintly onto the wall to aid the presenter.
TW
Time Warp
Jonathan posted:
There used to be a link dedicated to the theatre of news. It's basically CSO but they project what the viewer sees faintly onto the wall to aid the presenter.


Do they? Or are presenters simply required to learn as to where things appear on the wall? The number of times Mark, Mary and Steve have looked in completely the wrong direction...
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Stuart
Someone on the forum commented that there is a faint projection of the live image onto the CSO screen, but even if that isn't true there appears to be only 4 specific positions on the set for the presenters to stand and stare at the blank green wall without looking completely deranged.

They are probably just looking at a monitor most of the time which is out of shot. Shocked
JO
Jonathan
Time Warp posted:
Jonathan posted:
There used to be a link dedicated to the theatre of news. It's basically CSO but they project what the viewer sees faintly onto the wall to aid the presenter.


Do they? Or are presenters simply required to learn as to where things appear on the wall? The number of times Mark, Mary and Steve have looked in completely the wrong direction...

No, there is a projection, I think for certain sqaures. But for the shots of the far left and right of the wall, they look at a monitor that's close to the wall but not in view, giving the illusion that the presenter is looking at the wall.

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