BBC News - Onscreen Graphics

I was watching BBC News the other day and noticed that they used a squashed logo and news ticker - both of which are barely unreadable at a distance. So I decided to make a mock with the BBC News main logo.

Generic News Logo and Time:
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/crypticlocker/BBCNews_StudioDesk.png

I incorporated the BBC News "Globe" into these mock images:

Headline/News Reporter
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/crypticlocker/BBCNews_ReporterTagline_Final.png

Headline and News Ticker
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/crypticlocker/BBCNews_TaglineandTicker.png

BBC Regional News (Look East in this case) Title Card
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/crypticlocker/BBCNews_LookEastTitle.png

BBC Regional News (Look East in this case) On screen graphics
http://i1248.photobucket.com/albums/hh483/crypticlocker/LookEast.png

Constructive criticism/feedback please. Not just the "not very good..." comments.

PS, I might make a BBC Breakfast and/or BBC Sport mocks based on this if this gets good feedback.

What the hell is the Look East graphic meant to be?

It's meant to be the outline of the East of England combined with the BBC News Globe but probably it isn't very identifiable.

I have to be honest, its pretty bad.

Okay, at least I'll know not to go down that route...

And how would, for example, North West Tonight fit under the BBC News box? look East looks smudged in as it is?

The "News" part would be removed (as North West Tonight and Look East are both news programmes anyway)

It just seems to be have been put quite lazily together - none of the text/graphics line up and the boxes are all odd sizes.

Im going to go out and say that it isn't atrocious. One a scale of 1 - TVmocker14, you're on 'There's promise'. I see what you've tried to do, and the execution isn't bad. There are flaws, though.

For a start, the OSG look even more cramped now, in the 4:3 safe area only. Extend the ticker, and end of the name strap to the edge of the screen, maybe?

Then, there's the clock. The space it's in is fine, but the text itself is too large. Size it down. And as for cramping 'Look East' in under the BBC News logo on the Look East OSG mock... No. Either go without 'Look East' and have plain old BBC News, or find something else.

I thought that using the BBC News thing with the region outline was a good idea, but it is rather indecipherable, so change the image behind the outline? Maybe just make it into the shape of the region but fill it in or something. Not sure there.

And then there's the gradients. On the Look East logo board? Passable. On the name straps? No. Just stick to plain white on the name straps.

Also, you'll need some alignment, so align the time and the ticker text, etc. And maybe mute the colours on the globe on the strap, with a bit of transparency, and then make the globe on the name strap bigger. Then, you're making the namestrap more interesting, visually, and it won't be too bold.

I've actually given a detailed reply here, which is what I did when TVmocker14 started out, to no avail... Don't let us down, eh?

I now look at that Look East region-globe graphic thingy and see a man's face / head.

In profile, facing diagonally up and left with his nose jutting out. Can't unsee it I'm afraid!

Why is the left side of the ticker transparent?

I can't remember whether it was for effect or it was just an accident...