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(04-06-2023, 10:42 PM)AaronLancs Wrote: Sorry to bump this up by a lot but got a little buzz from the main current ITV News thread.
Leafing through TV Live like a magazine (as one does from time to time). I'm looking through the 2009-2013 era. Is it me or does the field of depth just play tricks on one's mind. The virtual architecture is just crazy.
I think back in the day ITN/ITV thought it was just a case of
"because we can, we will", except of course it looked really bad, especially as those unnecessary yellow (actually green) squares on the desk would fizzle out at certain angles.
The only nice part was the dynamic intro, which included headline item pictures, the dramatic music which all 'opened' into the virtual set.
The basic 'architecture' of the VR environment didn't resemble anything other than a car park, and the background perspectives changed so often that a viewer could easily feel dizzy. It was a nice try at something different, but I prefer what they've got now.
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It does look very OTT, but was during a time ITV decided to be even more on the front foot with the 'ITV News' brand (one of the reasons they ditched the revamped self-contained News at Ten). The yellow and black colour scheme coincided with an ITV1 rebranding too so seen in that context you can see the reasoning. Excellent music, mind.
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(05-06-2023, 12:09 AM)Stuart Wrote: The only nice part was the dynamic intro, which included headline item pictures, the dramatic music which all 'opened' into the virtual set.
I vaguely recall that in management speak, that was a "fly-through" featuring "hero panels". Or something like that!
I wasn't a fan of this era, but that may be because it replaced something vastly superior rather than anything in particular about that branding itself.
My favourite design remains the look of the daytime bulletins from 1995-1999. Sheer elegance.
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Quite rare to find a full edition of the ITN News at 5.40:
youtu.be
I have a soft spot for the branding used here. Although the move to the atrium in 1992 added a more dynamic feel, I did quite like the simplicity of the graphics/animations and the synthesised theme music shown here. I like the way the logo animates in time with the music.
On an editorial note, it’s amazing how much they packed into the old 5.40pm bulletin. I think it’s fair to say that they achieved more in 15’ than they now do in 60’. Less is more seems to be the lesson here!
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ITN Archive's YT channel has been uploading some interesting material (chances are you've already seen 'The ITN Story' documentary - first shown in 1977 but appears to have been filmed the year before, might have been intended to mark their 21st anniversary, infact)
Their latest upload appears to be surviving footage from their Apollo 11 moon landing coverage in 1969 - alas, no studio Pres but worth a look:
www.youtube.com
Among other things, there's the bulk of (an extended?) NaT from September 1970 covering the Jordanian Civil War with Andrew Gardner and Peter Snow
www.youtube.com
And likewise, the top and tail of another NaT from March 1974, covering a kidnap attempt on Princess Anne
www.youtube.com
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(20-07-2023, 04:20 PM)lookoutwales Wrote: ITN Archive's YT channel has been uploading some interesting material...
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And likewise, the top and tail of another NaT from March 1974, covering a kidnap attempt on Princess Anne
www.youtube.com
Interestingly enough, Channel 4 recently aired a one-off documentary on that kidnap attempt, titled 'Princess Anne: A Plot to Kidnap a Royal', just last month. It was a really good documentary, even using miniature models (yes, really!) to recreate the night of the incident.
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It won't be a co-incidence that they've uploaded some of the bulletin then, presumably it will have been digitised for the documentary and so it was then available to put online
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(20-07-2023, 04:20 PM)lookoutwales Wrote: ITN Archive's YT channel has been uploading some interesting material (chances are you've already seen 'The ITN Story' documentary - first shown in 1977 but appears to have been filmed the year before, might have been intended to mark their 21st anniversary, infact)
Their latest upload appears to be surviving footage from their Apollo 11 moon landing coverage in 1969 - alas, no studio Pres but worth a look:
www.youtube.com
Among other things, there's the bulk of (an extended?) NaT from September 1970 covering the Jordanian Civil War with Andrew Gardner and Peter Snow
www.youtube.com
And likewise, the top and tail of another NaT from March 1974, covering a kidnap attempt on Princess Anne
www.youtube.com
Good finds - never knew Peter Snow newspresented ITN, and hadn’t seen Leonard Parkin on anything aside from news at one or 545
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(23-07-2023, 04:16 PM)mccanmat Wrote: Good finds - never knew Peter Snow newspresented ITN, and hadn’t seen Leonard Parkin on anything aside from news at one or 545
Peter presented ITN's election coverage in October 1974:
www.youtube.com
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I recalled a thread on TV Forum regarding a search for the last time the Non Stop theme was used on an ITN bulletin. The latest anyone got was 1st May 1982.
Below is a video from 19th June 1982 with the theme - after the end of the Falklands War.
www.youtube.com This video can only be viewed on
YouTube.
