17-02-2023, 04:03 PM
(17-02-2023, 02:43 PM)Spencer Wrote:(17-02-2023, 02:27 PM)steve Wrote: This may be nit-picking, but this is surely the weakest of the shots in the new sets - the angles aren't quite right for the presenter or the screen. Clearly not going to happen due to the cost, but it would look so much nicer with another tower in that corner (just as in NBH B).
It also goes to demonstrate why I think sofas don’t suit single-headed presentation well. That great swathe of empty red sofa dominating the shot just looks naff. Mary looks lost.
Yes, agree.
Being on a chair also allows you more easily to point your whole body at a different place so you could shoot that shot differently / more naturally. On a sofa, you can turn your head but you're then at odd angles with rest of your body (see North West Tonight / Breakfast shots).
A sofa has the benefit of being 'fixed' so chairs don't need to be brought on and off set for guests, etc, and I know there's an argument it makes guests more relaxed. But something like the Wales Today solution of a chair for the presenter but a fixed 'sofa type bench seating' alongside would be a solution.