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They're exceptionally plain dbl - simply a screen of a vibrant colour, with the Three logo and 3 circles over to the right adding interest.
Nearly too plain - can't see them lasting very long. Very much so a dispensible commercial ploy.
I like TG4's obscure, off-beat idents - even if a bit too contrived and achingly postmodern
. They're fun to watch and certainly offer a Súil Éile!
DTT trials are due to start in Septmeber Seamus, covering most of the east coast, and will last for two years, at whgich point it is hoped it'll be rolled out countrywide - quickly. Hopefully RTÉ will also lauch a satellite service at that point.
Anyone watching Nine last night? One of the most amateurish productions I've yet seen from RTÉ News - the gallery and studio doors were left wide open during transmission, enabling the viewer to hear every word uttered in the gallery for the full 27 minutes of the bulletin!
It was unbelievable - I heard every single bar one VT being called over the entire half hour! It was noticable from the very start where there was a heck of a lot of noise around the headline intro - by the first report it was clear the studio and gallery doors were wide open!
Truly astoundingly unprofessional - I was that close to ringing up the Newsroom and telling them to shut the feckin doors. Who is this idiot of a man directing - hiding behide the anonymity that the lack of credits on Nine affords.
Scroll in to 1.00 below to hear him calling a report VT as clear as day, or again at 4.45 - indeed any of the reports or LVOs. Some of the quality isn't great due to Realplayer:
http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/2156812.smil
It's interesting to note how much more relaxed Anne was last night, as if more reassured by the door being open...
And more bad pre-production and/or camera operation at 16.23. Watch the end of Anne's link and the following courthouse VT
And not only can you hear that VT being called like all the others, if you wear headphones during the awkward silence you can hear the director calling "cut", even though there's no camera ready. You then hear the vision mixer complaining something like "even though there's no camera?". The director then calls "yes, clear Anne" at which point an instant cut is made back.
Also note on the following Microsoft story, the VT kicks in way too late, in spite of the director calling it three seconds earlier
See how robotic Anne gets the second she realises the slightest problem has occured, when she sees the camera beginning to move
Indeed if you want to know how a news bulletin is made, this is the programme to wtach with a decent set of headphones - you can even hear the director chatting away during Anne's links! (you could also hear that background noise last night).
Aside from the astounding unprofessionalism of it all, there is a nice director cue at 22.20 - a standard practice, but listen how he draws out the instruction "annnnnd in" when dissolving/mixing back from the VT. As much a cue to Anne as the vision mixer.
Nearly too plain - can't see them lasting very long. Very much so a dispensible commercial ploy.
I like TG4's obscure, off-beat idents - even if a bit too contrived and achingly postmodern
. They're fun to watch and certainly offer a Súil Éile!
DTT trials are due to start in Septmeber Seamus, covering most of the east coast, and will last for two years, at whgich point it is hoped it'll be rolled out countrywide - quickly. Hopefully RTÉ will also lauch a satellite service at that point.
Anyone watching Nine last night? One of the most amateurish productions I've yet seen from RTÉ News - the gallery and studio doors were left wide open during transmission, enabling the viewer to hear every word uttered in the gallery for the full 27 minutes of the bulletin!
It was unbelievable - I heard every single bar one VT being called over the entire half hour! It was noticable from the very start where there was a heck of a lot of noise around the headline intro - by the first report it was clear the studio and gallery doors were wide open!
Truly astoundingly unprofessional - I was that close to ringing up the Newsroom and telling them to shut the feckin doors. Who is this idiot of a man directing - hiding behide the anonymity that the lack of credits on Nine affords.
Scroll in to 1.00 below to hear him calling a report VT as clear as day, or again at 4.45 - indeed any of the reports or LVOs. Some of the quality isn't great due to Realplayer:
http://dynamic.rte.ie/av/2156812.smil
It's interesting to note how much more relaxed Anne was last night, as if more reassured by the door being open...
And more bad pre-production and/or camera operation at 16.23. Watch the end of Anne's link and the following courthouse VT
And not only can you hear that VT being called like all the others, if you wear headphones during the awkward silence you can hear the director calling "cut", even though there's no camera ready. You then hear the vision mixer complaining something like "even though there's no camera?". The director then calls "yes, clear Anne" at which point an instant cut is made back.
Also note on the following Microsoft story, the VT kicks in way too late, in spite of the director calling it three seconds earlier
See how robotic Anne gets the second she realises the slightest problem has occured, when she sees the camera beginning to move
Indeed if you want to know how a news bulletin is made, this is the programme to wtach with a decent set of headphones - you can even hear the director chatting away during Anne's links! (you could also hear that background noise last night).
Aside from the astounding unprofessionalism of it all, there is a nice director cue at 22.20 - a standard practice, but listen how he draws out the instruction "annnnnd in" when dissolving/mixing back from the VT. As much a cue to Anne as the vision mixer.
) and I was a bit surprised to see that they seem to have put a bit of effort into the set. Now its nothing spectacular but I think you'll agree that its much better than the usual rubbish we see on our screens (COUGH Saturday Night With Miriam COUGH). The floor looks a bit more expensive than usual and there are some nice LCD things in use in the background above the set granted they are the very same ones used for the Eurosong 2006 Late Late Show and the final few editions of You're a Star 2006. I know the set is quite small but it looks fairly OK. However the jib camera-work is diabolical. Either its a poor quality jib, the studio is too small or the operator is inexperienced but either way it looks dreadful on-screen. I'd say myself that the operator hasn't a clue how to use a jib-camera properly. Its the very same during the Late Late and Tubridy Tonight - very jerky and moving way too fast!