I have to say that the first time I saw a screenshot of the new sidebar, I thought it was a mock! But, from what I've seen here, the new studio looks quite nice - much warmer and cosier than the old one (I really HATE beige!). I look forward to seeing it properly when I get back to England on the 22nd - along with the new CNN studio, ITV on DSAT, and the new-look Sky News (although I saw a bit of the latter last Thursday night in an Irish bar out here!).
By the way, is Fox News still broadcasting on Sky?
MM
MillyMaster
Alright, everything on BBC ONE NEWS is great now, apart from the sidebar of course. The only thing letting it down is that metal girder border around the sidebar. I have done a mock of a sidebar, basically it is the offical one, but with the metal girder borders removed.
Notice how the 4:3 version has much more picture:)
Who said widescreen lets you see more picture?
Images from The TV Room
Not necesarily - the 4:3 image was captured in late 2000 if my memory serves me rightly, and the widescreen one is mid-2001. Therefore, over that time, I'm sure the camera moved somewhat! You can see that the 'BBC NEWS' covers a different area of the desk in the images, therefore indicating it has moved. By the looks it, the camera has zoomed in in the 16:9 shot.
Notice how the 4:3 version has much more picture:)
Who said widescreen lets you see more picture?
Images from The TV Room
Not necesarily - the 4:3 image was captured in late 2000 if my memory serves me rightly, and the widescreen one is mid-2001. Therefore, over that time, I'm sure the camera moved somewhat! You can see that the 'BBC NEWS' covers a different area of the desk in the images, therefore indicating it has moved. By the looks it, the camera has zoomed in in the 16:9 shot.
(Edited by itsrobert at 5:07 pm on Dec. 4, 2001)
16:9 shots usually have to be tighter to avoid shooting off set. If you look at the top example you can just see the foot of something at the far right of the picture! Any wider would expose it completly. Watching News24 in widescreen you can occasionally see the front of other cameras in shot, most often on the World Today
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned previously, but I think the new newsdesk is the old one from the BBC World studio. If so, I'll have the one that was in the national studio PLEASE!http://web.ukonline.co.uk/tv.home/forum/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If it is the old one from Elstree, the BBC arn't letting anything go to waste!
- Desk to London(?)
- Window to Leeds
- Chairs may have gone to Tumbridge Well?
Would they really have a 2nd hand desk in the main BBC News studio though?
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Steve Naylor
Looks either new, reconditioned or very well cleaned up to me!
Tonight on the Ten they've been using a different angle for the wider shots without the inset. Instead of looking to the right of the camera (as the presenter looks at it), the camera is to the left so the bit of the newsroom in view is the same as that during the inset just from a different angle.
Are the Ten making their claim to be different!!
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RW
I think the sidebar/inset/whatever should be scrapped altogether. BBC News 24 don't use one, and I think it's perfectly acceptable to use that slightly wider shot all the time - or perhaps a slightly different camera angle for each story to add variety.
