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(February 2009)

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STV Today
Well it is amazing what stv can do with Power Point animations - what a load of crap!!
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Stuart
Here are some caps from the 'STV News at Six', together with a video of the title sequence.

http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/STV-230309-9.jpg http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/STV-230309-8.jpg http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upload/uploadFiles/STV-230309-10.jpg

http://vid273.photobucket.com/albums/jj219/StuartPlymouth/STV-NewsAtSix-230309.flv
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Lewis c
Interesting colours .Go back to the Scottish TV rebrand of 1985 getting away from the STV name and logo .You have the colours of the Thistle ident and mixes of the Grampian saltaire.What goes around comes around .

Very nice though i do like it .
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Gavin Scott Founding member
Lewis c posted:
Very nice though i do like it .


Me too, the whole thing looks braw.
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Lewis c
Gavin "braw" is classic Very Happy .That so reminds me of the old lady who used to live next door to us years ago she always said that. Very Happy
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BBC World watcher
Anne MacKenzie Fan posted:
Well it is amazing what stv can do with Power Point animations - what a load of crap!!


These first-rate idents, break bumpers, news titles, graphics, etc. are as far beyond the capabilities of PowerPoint as one can imagine. I think that STV now has an excellent look and feel, with just the 'right' amount of tartan accents. Also no visual cliches - like the old thistle. The colourways, the way the triangle 'resolves', the production values of the filmed sequences, the subtlety of the animation, the renders, the music bed, the news set - all are excellent. All we need now is some programmes!
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rob Founding member
I'm glad they kept the theme tune, it's one of the best news themes around at the moment. I'm not sure about the new set though, it's rather bland for my liking.
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Ant
BBC World watcher posted:
Anne MacKenzie Fan posted:
Well it is amazing what stv can do with Power Point animations - what a load of crap!!


These first-rate idents, break bumpers, news titles, graphics, etc. are as far beyond the capabilities of PowerPoint as one can imagine. I think that STV now has an excellent look and feel, with just the 'right' amount of tartan accents. Also no visual cliches - like the old thistle. The colourways, the way the triangle 'resolves', the production values of the filmed sequences, the subtlety of the animation, the renders, the music bed, the news set - all are excellent. All we need now is some programmes!

Sums up my opinion pretty much. I like the fact they've not done a complete revamp to the news - the music and structure of the headline sequence works well (IMO).

Still not sure about the whole 'STV News at Six' thing. Scotland Today and North Tonight are still different programmes - it would be different if they were just opt outs.
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GaryC
i know the hard core stv fans know about the news blogs, but this is interesting to general news pres people:

http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-the-real-mackay-240309/

with the studio director of stv news explining the what's and why's
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noggin Founding member
Gavin Scott posted:
Lewis c posted:
Very nice though i do like it .


Me too, the whole thing looks braw.


Does "braw" mean good? If so it gives the nod to Scandinavian influences - as "bra" means good in Swedish and Norwegian...
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Gavin Scott Founding member
noggin posted:
Gavin Scott posted:
Lewis c posted:
Very nice though i do like it .


Me too, the whole thing looks braw.


Does "braw" mean good? If so it gives the nod to Scandinavian influences - as "bra" means good in Swedish and Norwegian...


Not 100% sure on its etymology but it largely means comely, fine, handsome - and later was taken to mean "good".

Often used in the north east of Scotland - which has particularly strong ties to the Scandinavians.
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A former member
rob posted:
I'm glad they kept the theme tune, it's one of the best news themes around at the moment. I'm not sure about the new set though, it's rather bland for my liking.


Its a library piece Wink

over all its a great but there is some minor points that need fixing, but howard said there would play around with it over the next 2 weeks to ironing things out

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