RW
RW
I hated that in the virtual days (the first time I saw it in 1993, it showed a giant picture of Margaret Thatcher!), and I hate it now. How exactly is a giant image of the day's top story supposed to enhance the news coverage? It does nothing whatsoever to add to the quality of the news broadcast.
What I liked about the 1999 revamp was the move away from these pointless gimmicks to more restrained, understated look. But now they're gradually drifting back to the old ways.
And considering BBC News are currently £1 million over budget, spending money on a great big red thing to stick on the wall just seems ridiculous.
Good grief, I sound like I'm trying to get on Points of View...
What I liked about the 1999 revamp was the move away from these pointless gimmicks to more restrained, understated look. But now they're gradually drifting back to the old ways.
And considering BBC News are currently £1 million over budget, spending money on a great big red thing to stick on the wall just seems ridiculous.
Good grief, I sound like I'm trying to get on Points of View...
TP
Techy Peep
Founding member
The floor manager nearly broke her neck the other day trying to hang the PBU - she couldn't find any scene hands & had to do it herself
NG
Photo Blow Up
i.e. a large photo printed or laminated onto a backing which can be hung as part of a set.
Newsnight use a lot of them - they can be printed on the day, and allow the set to be dressed with topical images, in a simple physical way using lots of cameras, rather than requiring complex chroma-keying techniques and the limitations of this. (Newsnight do use virtual/chroma keying techniques as well - their sandpit is VR based to a degree, and they often use a keyed-in virtual floor for their wideshot - sometimes this even animates!)
noggin
Founding member
William posted:
PBU ?
Photo Blow Up
i.e. a large photo printed or laminated onto a backing which can be hung as part of a set.
Newsnight use a lot of them - they can be printed on the day, and allow the set to be dressed with topical images, in a simple physical way using lots of cameras, rather than requiring complex chroma-keying techniques and the limitations of this. (Newsnight do use virtual/chroma keying techniques as well - their sandpit is VR based to a degree, and they often use a keyed-in virtual floor for their wideshot - sometimes this even animates!)