BBC News Channel General Discussion

Neither A or D have jibs. D's cameras are just on peds with remote pan/tilt heads. From the pictures I've seen it looks like one or two might also have remote height adjustment.

I might be getting my wires crossed here, but I think I've read on here before that A has a camera that with pan, tilt, zoom and also height adjustment that can be 'driven' anywhere in the studio by an operator, rather than it being a jib, with this the reason that you get special camera moves for Newswatch and previously the News at 9 (I suspect it's also the reason it would be the only shot that was occasionally wobbly at times). I seem to remember that with the News at 9 only one camera seemed to move around on-shot, with this camera used during the titles after the recorded newsroom camera, with the first shot after the countdown static, along with the side angle that had the 'screen' behind the presenter after the titles. D has some degree of camera movement too (the closing shot to BBC London News usually sees the camera tilt down as it increases in height, but I don't know how it is controlled or to what extent.

I thought BH was set up for hot desking? Or is it different in the newsroom?

24 hours newsrooms usually deploy hotdesking, but in a different way. People will move between desks throughout the day as their job changes from prep, to on-air to planning in many cases. Desks are allocated to roles not people.

Not all desks are equal, plus you may also need to alter the physical layout of desks as requirements change.

Studio D looks better on screen than the virtual Studio A.. why can't they use it for 9pm & Newswatch etc??

Studio D with Gavin Esler to start the weekend

It looks better than Studio C as well with its horribly washed out newsroom backdrop.

I also think that they used a pre-recorded balcony shot as you can see 'someone' sat down in Studio E (saying that it is quite obvious)

I guess BBC London want to be in their studio for the News headlines at 2200, and to rehearse and record content for the 2225 bulletin?

They gonna do Dateline from there? Is that this morning?

Would be interested to hear what about the current set up doesn't work which has caused the reorganisation?

Didn't they have one section on world news, one on domestic, one for BBC One bulletins, one for News Channel.