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I noticed on tonights Midlands Today, there was an autocue in the newsroom behind Nick and Suzanne. Was it there for a reason ?
TV
the autocue has been in the newsroom for a few weeks whilst presenters practiced with it - i presume its still there for that purpose?
tvmercia
Founding member
TELEVISION posted:
I noticed on tonights Midlands Today, there was an autocue in the newsroom behind Nick and Suzanne. Was it there for a reason ?
PO
It is a very large glass window - practically the whole wall is glass!
BBC TV Centre posted:
Is the newsroom backgdrop real (ie. is it a glass window) or is it a picture fed from a video like the old one on the national news was?
Looks quite impressive, but I think covering the 2 plasma screens in the colour of the walls is a bit of a faux pas - looks a bit tacky if you ask me.
Oh, and tsk at the BBC's lack of use of apostrophes on their website ...
http://tvforum.ath.cx:8080/tvftemp/bbc.png
On a separate note, is there not a rule saying you have to place the BBC logo a certain way?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/midlandstoday/images/mailbox/front_of_bbc_170x66.gif
Looks quite impressive, but I think covering the 2 plasma screens in the colour of the walls is a bit of a faux pas - looks a bit tacky if you ask me.
Oh, and tsk at the BBC's lack of use of apostrophes on their website ...
http://tvforum.ath.cx:8080/tvftemp/bbc.png
On a separate note, is there not a rule saying you have to place the BBC logo a certain way?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/midlandstoday/images/mailbox/front_of_bbc_170x66.gif
It is a very large glass window - practically the whole wall is glass!
JJ
Not too bad....its when they focus up close to the presenters....you think...cor....he's a big bloke in the background there.....and what are all those people wandering around for on the left there?
It'd be OK if they kept the camera at that distance away from the presenters whilst they read the news out and then we wouldn't be SO up close to the newsroom right behind the presenters backs and be terrified of the giants in the background.
Is that newsroom actually behind their backs or is it added on later?
Juicy Joe
Founding member
Moz posted:
How impressive is this view!!!?
http://thetvroom.com/area-b/images-bbc-midlands/images-2004-b/titles-1j.jpg
(pic courtesey of The TV Room)
http://thetvroom.com/area-b/images-bbc-midlands/images-2004-b/titles-1j.jpg
(pic courtesey of The TV Room)
Not too bad....its when they focus up close to the presenters....you think...cor....he's a big bloke in the background there.....and what are all those people wandering around for on the left there?
It'd be OK if they kept the camera at that distance away from the presenters whilst they read the news out and then we wouldn't be SO up close to the newsroom right behind the presenters backs and be terrified of the giants in the background.
Is that newsroom actually behind their backs or is it added on later?
CW
how many more times do you need to be told ... it IS a REAL newsroom
I think everyone is so used seeing the main news bullitens that it comes as a suprised when they see a news studio that has a real newsroom in the background.
Charlie Wells
Moderator
tvmercia posted:
Juicy Joe posted:
Is that newsroom actually behind their backs or is it added on later?
how many more times do you need to be told ... it IS a REAL newsroom
I think everyone is so used seeing the main news bullitens that it comes as a suprised when they see a news studio that has a real newsroom in the background.
DE
There is indeed - there are clear and "strict" rules concerning the use of the BBC logo on the internal BBC website, though it seems that even the very same department that came up with the rules also break them frequently: take BBC Billboard advertising - where the BBC logo is shown rotated through 90 degrees on the far side of the poster...
If the mailbox had rotaed the |B|B|C| in a similar way it wouldn't have looked too bad IMO, but to keep the letters the right way up, but stack them one on top of the other seems very, very wrong!
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BBC TV Centre posted:
On a separate note, is there not a rule saying you have to place the BBC logo a certain way?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/midlandstoday/images/mailbox/front_of_bbc_170x66.gif
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/midlandstoday/images/mailbox/front_of_bbc_170x66.gif
There is indeed - there are clear and "strict" rules concerning the use of the BBC logo on the internal BBC website, though it seems that even the very same department that came up with the rules also break them frequently: take BBC Billboard advertising - where the BBC logo is shown rotated through 90 degrees on the far side of the poster...
If the mailbox had rotaed the |B|B|C| in a similar way it wouldn't have looked too bad IMO, but to keep the letters the right way up, but stack them one on top of the other seems very, very wrong!
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MB
What you see on the left is the main corridor down through the centre of the main newsroom/WM office. There are no restrictions on who can wander down it, I'm sure there can't be as it's in use by all staff at BBC Birmingham. To the left of what you can see of that corridor will be the public viewing area, which is yet to be finished properly.
It's the real newsroom all right - everything you see is as it really is, separated from the studio & set by a sheet of thick glass/perspex - heeps out the noise very well, the studio was quite 'dead' when we stood in there... The giant screens in the studio are back projection and the plasmas are... erm... plasmas. And it looks as impressive inside as it does on screen.
The autocue that was spotted in the office is by a row of 3 plasmas, by Shefali's desk as far as I could tell on Monday night. There's a camera there too, so I guess it's left in position should they need to talk to somebody 'in the newsroom'... which is only 6 feet away!!
Juicy Joe posted:
.....and what are all those people wandering around for on the left there?
What you see on the left is the main corridor down through the centre of the main newsroom/WM office. There are no restrictions on who can wander down it, I'm sure there can't be as it's in use by all staff at BBC Birmingham. To the left of what you can see of that corridor will be the public viewing area, which is yet to be finished properly.
Juicy Joe posted:
Is that newsroom actually behind their backs or is it added on later?
It's the real newsroom all right - everything you see is as it really is, separated from the studio & set by a sheet of thick glass/perspex - heeps out the noise very well, the studio was quite 'dead' when we stood in there... The giant screens in the studio are back projection and the plasmas are... erm... plasmas. And it looks as impressive inside as it does on screen.
The autocue that was spotted in the office is by a row of 3 plasmas, by Shefali's desk as far as I could tell on Monday night. There's a camera there too, so I guess it's left in position should they need to talk to somebody 'in the newsroom'... which is only 6 feet away!!
WT
Can't find the answer anywhere - but did we get to the bottom of why there is a still image of the control room behind the set, or is it just to make it look impressive when shooting from a newsroom angle?
MO
Compare & contrast
http://thetvroom.com/area-b/images-bbc-midlands/images-2004-b/titles-1j.jpg
http://www.thetvroom.com/images-bbc-one-news/news-03/one/main-2.jpg
http://thetvroom.com/images-bbcn24/images-2003/main-63.jpg
Which do people think is the best and worst?
http://thetvroom.com/area-b/images-bbc-midlands/images-2004-b/titles-1j.jpg
http://www.thetvroom.com/images-bbc-one-news/news-03/one/main-2.jpg
http://thetvroom.com/images-bbcn24/images-2003/main-63.jpg
Which do people think is the best and worst?