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ITV London Tonight

(December 2003)

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CW
CentralWest
LONDON posted:
If you are talking about the projector screen, i think it is the same size as all of the other itv regions, its just London Tonight's studio is alot bigger than Central's therefore, everything is less cramped, and the benches are further forward, meaning that when there is a shot of both presenters on the bench you can not see any of the projector screens frame, with the viewer just seeing the screen. Central have only a small amount of room, meaning there is limited camera angles, and everything seems alot smaller and cramped.


Ahh, I have discussed about the size on Central's before, because when they first launched their studio, the screen looked much bigger. It appeared that Central has moved their benches further forward, and since then, all camera angles have looked poor, but what I don't understand is, why they have moved it forward.

London's look so much better. London also has smaller but higher benches than Central.
CW
CentralWest
Please tell me, which one looks better:

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/centralbefore.pnghttp://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/centralafter.png
Images from Currentbuns.co.uk

You can't tell me the 2nd one looks anything like...

20 days later

LO
Londoner
Interesting blog post from LT's editor about the backdrop:
http://londontonighttonight.blogspot.com/2006/10/lighting-up-london-by-stuart-thomas.html
LL
London Lite Founding member
If only he concentrated on bringing London some news stories instead. Rolling Eyes
LO
Londoner
Presumably all regions had the Extinct promo with Zoe Ball dressed up as news?

I know ITV regional news is endangered but I don't think they need the help of the WWF just yet.
BE
B.E. El-Zebub
Tamsin Silvester v Borat Smile
LL
London Lite Founding member
B.E. El-Zebub posted:
Tamsin Silvester v Borat Smile


That was funny! Best bit of comedy on LT for a long time.
TV
tvmercia Founding member
why on earth is

SPORT: Hancock's Half-Time
On: ITV1 London (3)
Date: Thursday 2nd November 2006 (starting in 3 minutes)
Time: 23:30 to 00:00 (30 minutes long)

Nick Hancock and Sarah-Jane Mee and guests delve into the football world to rake over the week's action, news, talking points and gossip.
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=14272Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.


(the programme formerly known as central soccer night) being shown on carlton london?
LO
Londoner
This cross-region programme-sharing is getting silly.

Of course it's all a cynical move to drive down viewer appreciation of regional progs by making them less relevant to where people actually live.

What studio does it come from? The raised platform looks like the generic regional news setup, so presumably it's one of the Gas Street studios with the cameras turned around?

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/hancock.jpg

That frame on the back wall looks like it's been recycled from CNE's former static backdrop before they got the projector.
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/hancock2.jpg
NG
noggin Founding member
Londoner posted:
This cross-region programme-sharing is getting silly.

Of course it's all a cynical move to drive down viewer appreciation of regional progs by making them less relevant to where people actually live. (Or is it a regionalised version? So far I've only heard London teams mentioned?)

What studio does it come from? The raised platform looks like the generic regional news setup, so presumably it's one of the Gas Street studios with the cameras turned around?

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/hancock.jpg

That frame on the back wall looks like it's been recycled from CNE's former static backdrop before they got the projector.
http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/hancock2.jpg


That set would fail a BBC risk assessment with the sofa so close to the edge of the rostra. It only takes someon to sit down a bit heavily and it would fall off the back...
CW
CentralWest
It is just a redressed Studio W. The projection is the real projection, and cardboard cutout of the bricks surround the normal studio.

As for the cameras being moved, we wished, they been in exactly the same position since Dec 2004.

The sofa has blocks at the back, as you can see with the right one.
NG
noggin Founding member
CentralWest posted:
It is just a redressed Studio W. The projection is the real projection, and cardboard cutout of the bricks surround the normal studio.

As for the cameras being moved, we wished, they been in exactly the same position since Dec 2004.

The sofa has blocks at the back, as you can see with the right one.


There doesn't seem to be much behind the legs we can see of the presenter sofa... Should at least be something like a metal rail or a raised edge (as you see on nearly all BBC rostra) - which I'd have though was also needed if office chairs are used for normal news presentation.

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