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(12-01-2023, 01:44 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: A fascinating behind the scenes of the Six documentary from 1988
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Interesting that the copyright line is BBC Television Training, so presumably this wasn't originally made for broadcast but was shown on BBC2.
Having a look at the Genome listings for the date mentioned in the description, the programme's not mentioned - I'd guess it went out in the Open University slot.
at about 8 minutes in there's footage of the EBU News Exchange (mentioned on paperwork seen on screen as EVN0 - or Eurovision News, I think there were different numbers for different times of day). This was an opportunity for EBU member broadcasters to send their material to the whole network, with each one being switched out in turn. There's a brief shot showing a schematic of the terrestrial network which would have been in use at the time, and the exchange still happened on satellite until a couple of years ago. I believe it's all done by file transfer now.
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It is there under the 15.00 listing as a "followed by"
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Ten years ago, at 12:00, BBC World News moved to New Broadcasting House - first coming from Studio B with GMT and then later, at 19:00, from Studio C.
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I remember the day well and can remember being amazed at just how good the studios looked - particularly with regard to how spacious they were. Even though I have a good degree of fondness for the N8 set (even if it did look a bit dark and tatty towards the end), and it was indeed a big improvement on BBC World's previous sets, I still think it's important to remember what a step-up the move was in terms of how the channel looked - for the first time BBC World News had studios on a par with its competitors.
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Yeah absolutely it was a massive step up even Studio C looked bright, shiny, amazing and the cameras were super fast to begin to begin with there, now it looks like that camera needs a wd40.
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(13-01-2023, 04:42 PM)thegeek Wrote: (12-01-2023, 01:44 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: A fascinating behind the scenes of the Six documentary from 1988
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Interesting that the copyright line is BBC Television Training, so presumably this wasn't originally made for broadcast but was shown on BBC2.
Having a look at the Genome listings for the date mentioned in the description, the programme's not mentioned - I'd guess it went out in the Open University slot.
at about 8 minutes in there's footage of the EBU News Exchange (mentioned on paperwork seen on screen as EVN0 - or Eurovision News, I think there were different numbers for different times of day). This was an opportunity for EBU member broadcasters to send their material to the whole network, with each one being switched out in turn. There's a brief shot showing a schematic of the terrestrial network which would have been in use at the time, and the exchange still happened on satellite until a couple of years ago. I believe it's all done by file transfer now.
I still have my copy of the EBU Distribution network from 1985. You need a magnifying glass to read some of it so I expect the original of my copy would have been on a much larger sheet of paper (A1 or even bigger). Looks to cover Kuwait right across to the Canaries.
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(14-01-2023, 01:45 PM)harshy Wrote: Studio C looked bright, shiny, amazing and the cameras were super fast to begin to begin with there, now it looks like that camera needs a wd40
I’m sure I remember reading somewhere that there were some issues with the Furios in Studio C (and at the launch of Studio E) caused by the speed the original camera movements were programmed at. They could zoom around and then have trouble coming to a halt, either with the wheels getting stuck or the whole camera keeling over due to the momentum. This contributed to some of the camera issues in the early days, so the decision was taken to slow them down and make pans more gradual.
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I feel that the fact that the cameras could move was such a big plus - just made the presentation that bit more dynamic. Though you did have some movement at TVC, it was limited and often only served to underline how restricted the camers were - a bit like how wide shots mainly just emphasised how cramped the studios were. In comparison, the tight shots at TVC actually always looked quite good.
Though I do like the Furios, particularly when compared to the electric friends, my favourite camera work at NBH was always the manual operators in Studio B. It was fairly subtle, but the different camera 'language' (in terms of framings, pans, etc.) for the various BBC World News programmes really helped to make each of them feel individual. It's why I'd prefer them to go down a fully robot peds route than the tracked camera route - tracks are just a bit limiting for a multi-use studio - there just isn't the freedom or flexibility to give different programmes their own style.
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BBC News from 20 years ago today:
1 O'Clock News:
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6 O'Clock News:
www.youtube.com - Opening
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10 O'Clock News:
www.youtube.com - Opening
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I think I’m right in saying, that it was also on this day 20 years ago that Huw, Sophie and George first appeared on their respective bulletins (Anna had of course already been doing the 1 for nearly four years at this point).
Huw had never done the 10 before (he’d done both the 1 and 6). George had never done the 6 before (he’d done the 1, ,9, 10 and weekend bulletins) and Sophie had never done the 6 before (she’d done Breakfast, weekend bulletins and possibly the 1).
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(20-01-2023, 10:22 PM)Rolling News Wrote: I think I’m right in saying, that it was also on this day 20 years ago that Huw, Sophie and George first appeared on their respective bulletins (Anna had of course already been doing the 1 for nearly four years at this point).
Huw had never done the 10 before (he’d done both the 1 and 6). George had never done the 6 before (he’d done the 1, ,9, 10 and weekend bulletins) and Sophie had never done the 6 before (she’d done Breakfast, weekend bulletins and possibly the 1).
Wow, I almost find it hard to believe that Sophie hadn't done a 1 or 6 during the ivory/cream era. Having started on Breakfast News in 1997 you'd automatically assume she had.