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Sometimes at the end of a bulletin you see a newsreader click a button on their laptop. What do you think they are doing ?
NG
logging off?
In the days of Basys - you'd often see presenters press the distinctive two key log-off sequence (CMD+PACK if I remember) - logging off / shutting down is a fair-bet. Kind of a high-tech version of script shuffling - i.e. something to do on a wide-shot so you don't look stupid. (Bit like scribbling doodles in an opening wide shot)
noggin
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tvmercia posted:
Father Finton Stack posted:
Sometimes at the end of a bulletin you see a newsreader click a button on their laptop. What do you think they are doing ?
In the days of Basys - you'd often see presenters press the distinctive two key log-off sequence (CMD+PACK if I remember) - logging off / shutting down is a fair-bet. Kind of a high-tech version of script shuffling - i.e. something to do on a wide-shot so you don't look stupid. (Bit like scribbling doodles in an opening wide shot)
CH
now just which Sky News presenter can you mean???
Barney Boo posted:
alt+tabbing to porn, I'd imagine.
now just which Sky News presenter can you mean???
JD
On ITV News, where they just have a keyboard + mouse (very nice Logitech Cordless), it is quite possible they just type on the keyboard as a pose, no real computer recieving it. Although they tend to just drop their papers and thats the end of the shot, compared to BBC they have to walk across the studio to get to the desks. 
John
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Bail
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This has been asked a million times and answered every time. The laptop runs a program which name I forget right now, but it shows the running order and scripts etc, it can also be used to show any last min changed etc, or inform the presenter for any late or breaking news. It's bugging me that I can't remember its name, but its not just the BBC who use it, I'm sure someone with a better memory than me will tell you.
JA
ENPS is the software name. The original thread is here.
Bail posted:
This has been asked a million times and answered every time. The laptop runs a program which name I forget right now, but it shows the running order and scripts etc, it can also be used to show any last min changed etc, or inform the presenter for any late or breaking news. It's bugging me that I can't remember its name, but its not just the BBC who use it, I'm sure someone with a better memory than me will tell you.
ENPS is the software name. The original thread is here.
NG
ENPS is the software name. The original thread is here.
ENPS is the software used by the BBC and ITN in the UK. Other broadcasters like Sky use other systems, like iNews, NewStar etc.
ENPS was developed by the BBC with Associated Press, but is available commercially - hence ITN also using it.
noggin
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James Hall posted:
Bail posted:
This has been asked a million times and answered every time. The laptop runs a program which name I forget right now, but it shows the running order and scripts etc, it can also be used to show any last min changed etc, or inform the presenter for any late or breaking news. It's bugging me that I can't remember its name, but its not just the BBC who use it, I'm sure someone with a better memory than me will tell you.
ENPS is the software name. The original thread is here.
ENPS is the software used by the BBC and ITN in the UK. Other broadcasters like Sky use other systems, like iNews, NewStar etc.
ENPS was developed by the BBC with Associated Press, but is available commercially - hence ITN also using it.