Flags graphics

if anyone knows how the news 24 flags idents were made please let us know here. ive always wondered if its possible to create them myself.

To look at them I can only presume they are real flags in a wind tunnel in slow motion - I can't imagine there's much computer-trickery afoot ... or am I wrong?

Does anyone know because I too would like to be able to make my own! (I have too much time on my hands!!)

Mark Grindon

Well I actuall think it is an animation, I watched a program AGES ago about the making of News 24 (when the flags were used) and I rember a bit about the flags but cant rember any deatle, just that their not real.

do you remember what the program was called?

'From bad to worse' or, 'How not to create a news channel'.
Sorry, I couldn't resist, only a [B]JOKE

They certainly didn't look real.

(oh, my sentiments entirely, CheshireC!)

LOL. thats a good one i can picture kate aidee and john simpson now. commentating on how news 24 was made with them interviewing amwalawalawalawala.

Real Flags were used! I sent an email to News24 some time ago asking the same question. They said a number of real flags were filmed and taken into post-production. You can see that they're real with the shear randomness of their movement (sorry that sounds so crap!) especially during the long sequence of a single flag during the old countdown. If any body wants a JPG file of all the various flags used on News 24 in a patchwork quilt stylee then email me. Cheers.

sorry my email address is daniel.howes@talk21.com

sorry, this link will take you straight to the flags image
http://www.tvhome.co.uk/Images/Misc/n24flags.jpg

Lambie-Nairn were the creators of the flag graphics originally. I did email them some time ago about the flags and asked how they were created etc and how the various designs came about but I didn't receive a reply - bummer! Their website is
http://www.lambie-nairn.com/ which does contain a small pic of the red, white and blue flag on one of its pages but nothing else that i've found.
I think generally that the flags were one of the most creative graphic sequences for news that i've seen. I would really like some flags material used by BBC World before it went corporate as the flags featured very heavily in its overall presentation.

6 consecutive posts!

Congratulations mate, I think that's some kinda record!