Why the
heck
do ITV insist on showing all the technical production side of things in a wide shot at the start of every location shoot they make?! It p*sses me off big time - it's so farcially naff and distracting, and particularly gratuitous in the face of a serious news story, almost trying to make the news programme and its mechanics as prominent as the story.
Ooooh - you're being so radical breaking a broadcasting taboo Get a life ITV.
Why the
heck
do ITV insist on showing all the technical production side of things in a wide shot at the start of every location shoot they make?! It p*sses me off big time - it's so farcially naff and distracting, and particularly gratuitous in the face of a serious news story, almost trying to make the news programme and its mechanics as prominent as the story.
Ooooh - you're being so radical breaking a broadcasting taboo Get a life ITV.
That's rather pedantic of you. At least ITV's cameras are held together with their own bolts.
Better than RTE's autocue tacked on with blue-tack and sellotape, and the plasticine mike head.
Why the
heck
do ITV insist on showing all the technical production side of things in a wide shot at the start of every location shoot they make?! It p*sses me off big time - it's so farcially naff and distracting, and particularly gratuitous in the face of a serious news story, almost trying to make the news programme and its mechanics as prominent as the story.
Ooooh - you're being so radical breaking a broadcasting taboo Get a life ITV.
That's rather pedantic of you. At least ITV's cameras are held together with their own bolts.
Better than RTE's autocue tacked on with blue-tack and sellotape, and the plasticine mike head.
Well that's certainly put Telefis in his place. The sheer irrelevance of what you've posted is mind-boggling. What exactly was going through your head? If you took a minute to leaf through the RTÉ thread you'd notice that Telefis is one of RTÉ News' biggest critics. I'm sure he'll respond himself, and that this makes me look quite up his arse, but I couldn't leave your childish post sitting there unanswered.
And accusing someone of being pedantic on a forum dedicated to television presentation is ever-so-slightly redundant.
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Well that's certainly put Telefis in his place. The sheer irrelevance of what you've posted is mind-boggling. What exactly was going through your head? If you took a minute to leaf through the RTÉ thread you'd notice that Telefis is one of RTÉ News' biggest critics. I'm sure he'll respond himself, and that this makes me look quite up his arse, but I couldn't leave your childish post sitting there unanswered.
And accusing someone of being pedantic on a forum dedicated to television presentation is ever-so-slightly redundant.
Well Mr Pickle, thank you for that description of my post. I knew exactly what was going through my head when I wrote that post - what a stupid question, and a pointless issue, a wideshot at the beginning of the news.
You would have a wideshot at the beginning of a studio news bulletin (usually) so ITV have obviously thought "why not carry it on?" - It doesn't bother me as I'm usually more interested in the news than complaining about their technology-revealing wide shots.
Don't bother with the arrogance as it isn't your style, love.
Don't patronise me. I actually happen to agree with you on the wide shot, but you reduced the whole conversation to a potshot at a broadcaster that has absolutely nothing to do with it. If you thought the original post was irrelevant, why didn't you just ignore it?
Pedantic? Where pray tell is the pedantry in that post James? I look forward to your answer.
Well if there's one thing RTÉ cannot be accused of, it is farcical levels of sensationalism as with ITV News. They even finished a 'terror' report the other day with an aerial shot of one of the suspect's houses with a gun target graphic superimposed over it like some sort of trashy US blockbuster. And this was
not
the output of a police camera. And this is from a so-called professional broadcaster?!
Likewise their insistance on showing the mechanics of the production is equally so - what's the point of neatly composing the principal MCU, what's the point of spending twenty minutes carefully arranging the lighting, what's the point of choosing a suitable location backdrop, what's the point of keeping the mic and stands out of shot, what's the point in the newscaster wearing a suit when everyone else is dressed like sh*te - all for the illusion to be shattered by a childish wide like that? "why not carry it on" indeed....
The principal aim of television production is to ease the viewer into the construct, making everything look as effortless as possible, not use the on-location opportunity to milk your organisation's resources for all they're worth.
Telefis, I know we're just going to disagree on this completely, but in my honest opinion, it's quite interesting to see HOW they've done it before seeing what they've done. It also must prove that they ARE live in Beirut, or Heathrow, or wherever, because it's very easy for broadcasters now to claim they're on location when in fact they're stood in front of a CSO.
Sorry that my earlier post may have sounded rude or childish, but it's just my opinion, and you are of course obliged to think differently.
I know it been a while, and I meant to post these earlier, but anyway, better late than never. These are cap from the Central News Special which was shown at 7.30 on the day the plot was announced , replacing the normal regional programme 'the real ER'. The Programme was pan-regional.
Saw the story break on BBC World. I was returning from France yesterday (had no problems flying into Glasgow Prestwick, only increased security checks). BBC World had its own coverage, not News 24's.
Although it did dip into BBC1/News 24 at 10.15 BST. I think it was the first time I've ever heard the phrase 'BBC1' mentioned on BBC World.
Apart from the numerous times on the World Today, where presenter would say what would be coming up on BBC1 and World...
It's refered to, on The World Today, as 'still ahead' or 'coming up'. The hand outs usually occurs after the headline recap and British viewers either get a specialised British news segment or a more generalised story which usually ends with a hand back from World and the programme continuing. I've never once heard either BBC One or BBC News 24 specifically mentioned on TWT.
