07-02-2023, 09:30 PM
That does make me a bit nostalgic for the days when you knew it was a really, really big news story when Sky started their top of the hour with sound on tape before the headline music started up.
(07-02-2023, 09:16 PM)itsrobert Wrote:PM'd you Rob.(07-02-2023, 08:40 PM)neonemesis Wrote: Now that's the kinda cool insight I'm here for!
Glad you found it useful! Unfortunately, I don't have any relevant photos from the BBC, but here are some ITN ones you might enjoy:
1/4" reel to reel tape machine in Studio 6 (Channel 4 News)
And here's the actual Instant Replay machine from Studio 4 that serviced the ITN/ITV News Channel:
Channel 4 News SpotOn:
Anyway, back to the BBC News merger!
(07-02-2023, 09:32 PM)Lyric Wrote: "C4 News 2015 2 Min End"Extended closing titles for news are so interesting - great for those who love listening to them, but virtually redundant as, even if you have planned bits fail or the running order changes, you can usually fill any gaps with a few 20 second stories. BBC World News have always insisted on having long close mixes ready, but almost always end up running so close that the presenter has to rush to finish up - at least a few years ago it wasn't uncommon for the gallery to simply fade out the presenter.
...My curiosity is peaked.
(07-02-2023, 10:39 PM)DTV Wrote:Ha! You are so correct! However, and thinking back to my days working at LNN, BBC and Sky when a long outro would literally save the show. At LNN - my god, we had several shows when almost everything that could fail - did fail and a long outro was one way of filling time. With such incredible music we were able to do just that. With live shots all over the capital it became almost a 'go to' for a pres to say 'we'll leave you tonight with some wonderful shots of London'(07-02-2023, 09:32 PM)Lyric Wrote: "C4 News 2015 2 Min End"Extended closing titles for news are so interesting - great for those who love listening to them, but virtually redundant as, even if you have planned bits fail or the running order changes, you can usually fill any gaps with a few 20 second stories. BBC World News have always insisted on having long close mixes ready, but almost always end up running so close that the presenter has to rush to finish up - at least a few years ago it wasn't uncommon for the gallery to simply fade out the presenter.
...My curiosity is peaked.
(07-02-2023, 09:32 PM)Lyric Wrote: "C4 News 2015 2 Min End"
...My curiosity is peaked.
(07-02-2023, 01:23 PM)damian Wrote: I used to be a frequent viewer off BBC world news but I think it’s fair to say the past 8 years I’ve watched very little of the channel… just spent the past couple days watching and I do have to stay there are so many structural flaws in the way all the bulletins are. It appears very messy as if everything is just hacked together.
I was going to list a few ways the bulletins could tidy themselves up but I’d be here all week. However the only real thing that bothers me most are the lengthy and tiring toth sequences.
Reduce them to 50seconds or so were the headline bed actually has timed thunderclaps with a pitch change, not just restarting the bed for the next headline.
After the final thunderclap they could say. “This is BBC News from *location* I’m xxx xxx, also in the programme…” after the titles… “it’s 5pm in *uk place name* and 10pm *where top story is happening*
I miss these days of timed toths, that never dragged out.
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These short n sharp toths ended when BBC World moved to N8 studio and got longer when they relaunched in NBH
Also bring back sport and business stings during the bulletin?