Another BBC News 24 thread

Sorry for creating another N24 thread so soon after my last one...but I think these are improved on my last ones. Also I hadn't yet played with the new daytime bulletin style. Here goes...

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_countdown.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_ident1.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_astons1.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_astons2.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_astons4.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_astons3.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_astons5.jpg

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/bbcnews243_splitscreen.jpg

Very nice Benjy!

My only little criticism is the very top mock, I'd make the countdown seconds a bit bigger.

But it's very good Benjy!

I like the mocks with one exception.

That logo looks like a psychadelic eye! Almost as freaky as the Yorkshire symbol....why IS that so damn scary anyway?

Can we see a version without astons, i.e. the elements that would be on screen the majority of the time.

Would the "eye" int he bottom left be there all the time? If so I think it might be a bit cluttered with three corner items. However, I don't think the clock suits being diagonally opposite the dog on it's own.

Very nice!

I like them too, but they dont seem 'cluttered / noisy' enough.

Sorry but I can't see anything scary about it!!


The (I'd prefer not to call it an "eye"!) erm...circular motif doesn't stay on-screen all the time - it only appears with the astons. I don't think the clock looks too bad in that position.


Which part? If it's the idents/countdown, they're meant to be simple to fit in with the simple daytime look. If you're talking about the astons I hate cluttered/noisy screens full of useless information (ie. the current N24 graphics/astons). I'm quite pleased with the way the astons are uncluttered and quite straight-forward - each piece of information has it's own unique slot and it stays there rather than all being crammed together which makes it confusing.

Thanks for the comments as always guys.

I meant the actual Ident. But as you did design it to fit that style my complaint is not justififed. The astons are much better than they are now, well done.

Very nice. Don't like the non-use of Gill Sans though!

As for the 'globe motif' - I think it might be better if you did a sort of 'Iraq Crisis' style variant (rectangluar) that had the globe and clock inside that - it just looks silly on its own - and could be adapted for sport, business, special stories etc by just sliding in and out of the clock.

Something like this?

http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/extramocks/bbcnews2431_astons1.jpg

I was going to do something like this initially but I felt it was going to be too similar to the current graphics. It's quite unnusual for a news programme's astons to contain a single (text-less) motif and I quite like it, it makes them stand out.

Here's a version using Gill Sans -
http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/extramocks/bbcnews2432_astons1.jpg

It works but I just wanted to play about with a new font, I'm getting bored of Gill Sans!

Here's what the screen will look like when there are no other graphics/astons in use.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/bpeersdesign/extramocks/bbcnews243_clock.jpg

I liked it without Gill sans (the first one) but why are you putting the clock on the other side of the frame....I aint never seen it there before i dont think...anyway its good to be different and if putting the clock on the other side is whats needed to brighten up N24 then so be it

I would have thought it's obvious why I've moved the clock to the right! If I left it on the left as it is now it would overlap the globe motif and just look silly.

It's not the moving of the clock that is the "brightening up" to News 24! In fact it's rather insignificant, just put there to fit in with the placement of the graphics...