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End of the News

(March 2012)

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Worzel
Pete posted:
Also they tend to flicker up in N8 as seen about 3 mins 17 secs into this video



Pause that video at 3:32 and Zeinab has a halo! Wink
KM
Kevizz MS
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I guess its tricky to fade the lights on virtual sets (be it CSO or screens with a recorded or animated newsroom) without ruining the illusion.


M6 has a CSO* set but they manage to do it rather well:



*At least I think it is, how they get it to reflect off the floor escapes me.
Last edited by Kevizz MS on 29 March 2012 2:08pm
MW
Mike W
They use the same system that ITV uses (only newer)

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JW
JamesWorldNews
itsrobert posted:
Gavin Scott posted:
itsrobert posted:
Does anyone else miss the days when the lights went down at the end of the news? Here's a great example from ITN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBGKTZ43vk&t=5m37s


I do actually!


Glad I'm not the only one Very Happy It just seemed to be a natural end to the programme. As I recall it used to happen quite a lot, although never - to my knowledge - on daytime broadcasts. I remember it happening most on the early evening and late bulletins, especially on the ITN 540 News and BBC Nine O'Clock News. That particular clip I linked to before shows Martyn Lewis practically left in the dark! Laughing


Wonder who he's talking to, though? If I recall correctly, that studio rarely featured guests or other reporters as it was tiny.

I do like the fading lights concept, however. As you say, it's a natural ending.
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itsrobert Founding member
BBC WORLD posted:
itsrobert posted:
Gavin Scott posted:
itsrobert posted:
Does anyone else miss the days when the lights went down at the end of the news? Here's a great example from ITN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxBGKTZ43vk&t=5m37s


I do actually!


Glad I'm not the only one Very Happy It just seemed to be a natural end to the programme. As I recall it used to happen quite a lot, although never - to my knowledge - on daytime broadcasts. I remember it happening most on the early evening and late bulletins, especially on the ITN 540 News and BBC Nine O'Clock News. That particular clip I linked to before shows Martyn Lewis practically left in the dark! Laughing


Wonder who he's talking to, though? If I recall correctly, that studio rarely featured guests or other reporters as it was tiny.

I do like the fading lights concept, however. As you say, it's a natural ending.


Just before the part I specifically linked to, Jeremy Thompson is reading the sport, so I assume Martyn's talking to him. It seems to be a bank holiday bulletin, hence the inclusion of sport.

Watching it again - what fabulous music that 545 theme was. So catchy and unpredictable. Imagine if the BBC or ITN used such a theme nowadays Laughing
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Richard
Steve in Pudsey posted:
ah but the backdrop behind the newsreader was real in the blue virtual era!


They still managed some sort of a dim, didn't they? Although the lights shown onscreen in the wide shots weren't real.

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KM
Kevizz MS
Kevizz MS posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I guess its tricky to fade the lights on virtual sets (be it CSO or screens with a recorded or animated newsroom) without ruining the illusion.


M6 has a CSO* set but they manage to do it rather well:



*At least I think it is, how they get it to reflect off the floor escapes me.


Mike W posted:
They use the same system that ITV uses (only newer)


Apologies for digging up an old thread, but I've happened across these behind the scene pictures which seem to suggest it isn't virtual at all. Confusing.

http://www.mediaunautreregard.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Plateau-M6-Cyril-Bruneau.jpg


http://www.mediaunautreregard.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Plateau-M6-capital-Cyril-Bruneau.jpg

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