ITV NEWS studio set-up

GS

Gavin Scott Founding member 12 July 2004 7:21pm

Square Eyes posted:

Gavin Scott posted:

I have to say I like the way Mary stands model-esque, with one toe pointing ahead and one out to the side.

Damn you, I'm now finding myself deliberately looking for this. And we weren't let down again this evening, doesn't Mary wear pointy shoes ?

Wait 'til you get a load of Trevor's feet later. His trousers seem to balloon out round his ankles. Its very distinct, and reminds me of a Star Trek uniform (Kirk movie era). I'm all about the detail, me.

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Also, perhaps we could start a new line of conversation in the other ITV News thread whether or not Mary & Mark make it back to the desk by the close of the programme. Tonight they never, so Mark never got chance to slam down his papers on the desk.

Wild horses couldn't drag me back to that thread. Yes, some presenters are better than others, but to wax constantly about who is reading the autocue at every moment just rings my 'lame' alarm.

MM

MonkeyMadness 12 July 2004 9:35pm

Davidjb posted:

James Hall posted:

Or to hold the floor up... assuming it's a glass/perspex floor supported on top of the lights - as if it was just a lighted floor it would get pretty hot!

The floor with the lights underneath will be what is commonly called in the construction industry a "raised floor" It will have the lights housing fixed to a base, then there will be a whole series of supports like little legs about 10cm or more if desired supporting a floor glass or floor perspex sheet which is screwed into the top of the legs. Raisded floors are extremely common in call centres as they are used to hide the millions of cables under the physical floor. If you walk on a floor and there are lots of little access panels (or floor boxes as they are known) then it will most likely be a raised floor. Its just a real pain when one particular wire doesnt work and you need to feed a new wire through, very time cosuming. In fact i bet most news centres haved raised floors on them. Ok boring mesage complete.

I'm afraid as soon as you said "message complete" I had other motives. I've had a thought and a brainstorm and have realised that if the studio is virtual, how do the newsreaders see what they're doing and where they're supposed to be. Maybe these dots are to guide them?

LO

Londoner 12 July 2004 9:45pm

MonkeyMadness posted:

I've had a thought and a brainstorm and have realised that if the studio is virtual, how do the newsreaders see what they're doing and where they're supposed to be. Maybe these dots are to guide them?

No - the desk and stage are real (as per photos on page 1)

As for the newswall, the presenters can see a faint green projection of the image so they know where to point

SE

Square Eyes Founding member 12 July 2004 10:37pm

Gavin Scott posted:

Wait 'til you get a load of Trevor's feet later. His trousers seem to balloon out round his ankles. Its very distinct, and reminds me of a Star Trek uniform (Kirk movie era). I'm all about the detail, me.

Hmmm, maybe his feet are part of the CSO and not actually real, he's always very rigid.

(July 2004)