Good Morning Britain

Hi everyone,

Like most on here, I think that the current GMB graphics do the job, but I think that the white box in the middle of the lower third is just a little bit lazy.

Here's how I think it could be done a little better:


The main change to the lower thirds is the weather bug - I've moved this down to the ticker so that the space it previously used can be used for calls to action and further information.

Despite the complaints that caused ITV to move the clock in to the 4:3 safe area, I've moved everything back - there's no need for 4:3 safe, it just needs a little education for those who haven't got their TVs set up correctly. (But that's an argument for another thread!)

Anyway... here's the name strap for the start of the hour.


Much the same as before, but the area in the lower right is used for contact info etc - this wouldn't be there all the time by the way!


The coming up strap. Again, nothing massively different - just tweaked and tidied up a little. The call to action area has dynamic hashtags in much the same way as This Morning does.


And here's the info straps. Again, just neatened up a little.

So yeah, that's how I think that GMB could redesign the lower thirds to make them look a little slicker. You'll probably disagree but as always, constructive criticisms welcome

EDIT: The GMB studio image is from TVLive.

This is a three out of five from me, it's nice but not amazing - but the shapes work better than the chosen shapes! This mock could do with some tidying and anti-aliasing though, it's a bit jagged!

Certainly a better change than the questionable changes they've made over the last couple of weeks. The weather bug works well and the straps look better. The lower right bug is fine if it's not permanent - annoying otherwise. The changes you've made are definately an improvement rather than change for changes sake.

This is an improvement, but there remains room for some changes to make it much better! I think the third image is very very GMTV and with the weather being so low, the ticker is very small. If you're not using the 4:3 safe area I think you could move it across a bit more, widening the ticker. I also think that all the twitter things are a littler 'after thought' and could be vastly improved upon! Perhaps give these ideas a little thought, and maybe with a little more time you could make this mock much better.

Currently around a 3/5. But definite promise.

EDIT: I also think that some of the colours need re-aligning with the current graphics, as they are lovely.

Hold on, why does this have three shades of orange?
The clock, the ‘coming up bug’ and the ’08:20’

That's true - keeping the colours consistent will improve it greatly and make it look more harmonious. There is no need for light orange, dark orange and red.

I agree that having the Twitter bug shouldn't be there permanently. Also there are a lot of different oranges/reds, try keep them the same. I think that the weather bug should have stayed where it was maybe changed a little as it doesn't leave a lot of space on the ticker. Overall not too bad, I might post images in this thread or a new one of what I think would work better.

Please don't.

Please don't, this isn't your thread to post your pictures on. If you want to post your own ideas then do create your own thread.

It would only improve your mock, thought you would of wanted suggestions.

No. Hijacking other people's gallery threads is in poor etiquette and would not improve my mock in the slightest.

Everyone else - thanks for your suggestions. I'm working on version 2 and will post when I reckon it's of a good enough standard for broadcast.