02-08-2023, 09:06 PM
(02-08-2023, 08:15 PM)Stuart Wrote: I don't think the low ceiling in 54D is that obvious or important if you've got very subdued lighting, as befits a late evening programme. That yellow/green one-off ensemble the other day was so bright it gave me an afterimage as I was falling asleep.Newsnight have generally always been reasonably good when it comes to lighting - hence why it was one of the better looking programmes from the TC7 Barco set (which only really worked with programmes that used some combination of creative lighting or extra furniture). They were also the only programme to try 'gradients' in the lightboxes in Studio B or C and for it to actually work.
I think they've recently increased the lighting levels, but I did always like the very 'dark ambience' in the old B during the Ian Katz era, it was almost satanic.
Too often these days I think producers forget that lighting ought to be an intrinsic part of set design and that you can and should do a lot more with it than just illuminating the talent.