Well hopefully that purple chair stays part of the pilot and not the final set!
The purple chairs have already been replaced.
Looking at that picture, it looks as though they might have used part of the old set to mock up the background. The new one wouldn't have been built by then anyway.
You've got to admit - even if you're not keen on that studio...it's a hell of a lot nicer looking than the old one. I know we haven't seen it and all that but we're getting a few good ideas of what to expect now.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the reaction on the forum MORE than the relaunch itself. There's nothing like a massive speculation thread, the leaked pictures a couple of days before and then a complete moan saying they preferred it how it was and "what the hell was that aston?"
Oh, don't you worry - I'm sure I'll be joining in with it, every relaunch and every look has its faults of course. And as long as they exist...we can keep on moaning.
I know I'm recapping a lot of what has been said previously when I say the new News 24 really isn't any surprise to anyone. The graphics appear to stem from the daytime bulletin graphics we saw last year (was it last year? It seems so long ago.) The set is a direct ripoff from the national studio. If anything, it's just the final step in the two-year great update that BBC News so desperately needs.
I'm glad to see that News 24 is also looking at programming changes in addition to presentation changes. I think the overall effect will indeed improve viewership, though I don't think the BBC should be concerned with viewership figures in general. But that's for a different conversation.
I'm not convinced that World will see any changes for some time, because (as we've discussed
ad nauseum
before) the presentation galleries are different, and are far from linked. It took several months from the last round of changes for News 24 to filter through to World. I think especially if the graphics are radically different (animated, especially), then it may indeed be a great deal of time before we see the same on World.
I really think that they should bring back the clock.
Indeed. I disagree that clocks are old fashioned, they just command authority.
Quote:
Quite similar to the BBC1 national news set, which is a good thing - it offers some continuity across the BBC news brand. I imagine there will be new titles for the 1/6/10, as well as for Breakfast in order to keep up this continuity.
What, like the one they tried so hard to achieve in 1999 and then have allowed to fall apart, with only the music to tie it together? I would like to be surprised, but I don't think this will suddenly see the re-pulling together of the corporate look. I'm not expecting national news titles to change at all, and I still think it's entirely on the cards that the existing News 24 title sequence is going nowhere and the corporate look will continue to fall apart (which is why I don't see why they don't just give up on it).
Quote:
On the subject of computers/laptops, I also agree that laptops are better, it gives a more "newsy" feel to the proceedings. And as for the argument that the presenters don't need to use the computers - all the wires from the news organisations come in on them, so it's essential for the presenters to have access when there is Breaking News (it happens so much on Breakfast/N24 when a story is breaking - the presenter grabs the mouse and reads from the screen). Also they use the computers to read emails on Breakfast, either printing them out or reading them direct from the screen.
Why do laptops give a more 'newsy' feel? To me they look like something which is acceptable on some temporary outside broadcast set, but not something to be in use on a fixed main set. Indeed when Border News relaunched in 2001 with a laptop on the set ISTR it as being a major point of ridicule. Has the fact that BBC News has taken them on suddenly legitimised their use in some people's minds?
Anyway, re all the reasons why a presenter needs a computer, I still don't see why they have to have one on set to operate themselves. Everything described could be anticipated off set by someone else - the nature of the job might be unpredictable, the way it is carried out is not. Unless they really are playing solitaire in the background (or unless I'm missing something fundamental) I don't see why they must operate their own computer.
In the 80's and early 90's I can see genuine reasons for their being a computer on the desk. Decent large screen technology had not really been developed (and when it was it was unviably expensive) therefore the computer had to be on the set so the presenter could see it. And there was also a certain amount of 'look how modern we are - we've got computers' at the time.
But now, all of that is over. If they really must have computers though, they should be concealed as far as possible - not presented to the viewer to see. And set designers should take this into account.
You've got to admit - even if you're not keen on that studio...it's a hell of a lot nicer looking than the old one. I know we haven't seen it and all that but we're getting a few good ideas of what to expect now.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the reaction on the forum MORE than the relaunch itself. There's nothing like a massive speculation thread, the leaked pictures a couple of days before and then a complete moan saying they preferred it how it was and "what the hell was that aston?"
Oh, don't you worry - I'm sure I'll be joining in with it, every relaunch and every look has its faults of course. And as long as they exist...we can keep on moaning.
I agree entirely. The anticipation is better than the launch itself. It's like trying to work out what presents you have under the christmas tree, and every now and then poke your finger through the wrapping paper to see what lies beneath. Sometimes you get a good idea of what it is and what it looks like, and others you don't have a clue - even if you make a huge hole in the paper!
I'm looking foward to the reaction. This forum will be deathly silent at 9.00am on Monday morning for 10 minutes as anoraks nationwide watch (and tape) the launch and watch it again a couple of times and decide what they think (while also trying to remove the sticky kleenex tissue which has attached itself to the sole of the foot!)
Then at 9.10am, this forums bandwidth will go through the roof. I understand Asa has cancelled all TV Forum leave at TV Home HQ, and set-up an emergency hotline for anoraks to call if they are distressed by the events of 1/12.
Oh forget News 24, the most exciting thing for me will be opening the first door on my BBC Advent Calendar on Monday. I so hope that it's Maxine Mawhinney behind the door !!
I was always under the impression that the reason the clock disappeared originally was because it wouldn't necessarially give the exact time due to the technology (and resultant time delay) involved in decoding digital TV signals.
