28-05-2023, 01:03 AM
(27-05-2023, 10:07 PM)DTV Wrote:I think you’ve hit on something there!(27-05-2023, 09:38 PM)Andrew Wrote: The old ITN News Channel was more interesting than this channel and they were desk bound with a single camera, so it shows it can be done. And ITN ran the channel on a budget of about 12pI think the thing is is that you can be presentationally 'basic' or you can be slow-paced and spend ages on each story/item, but both together is a bad combination, particularly as it makes each more noticeable. Presentation-wise, the old ITN channel, as you mention, and BBC World from twenty years ago were both largely based on a small number of static camera shots, but they were also very fast-paced - so the energy meant that it didn't really matter as you didn't spend that long looking at the same thing.
But with the current BBC News channel, the fact it devotes a fairly long time (5-10 minutes) to several stories each hour makes the fact that it consists almost entirely of a static studio shot, a series of static talking heads and split-screen B-roll incredibly apparent. Even when they finally move onto the next story, it's the same split-screen templates still up and another four-minute interview from the same newsroom positions. As I think I described it a few weeks ago, it's a very unvisual channel at the minute - most of the content wouldn't be out-of-place on a visualised radio channel.
Horrifyingly, perhaps they want it to be less visual so simulcasts of Politics Live or Nicky Campbell’s abysmal phone-in are less noticeable.
Whatever next, BBC World Service folded into the channel as well?!
You can see Tim Davie now: “It’s one service, two mediums: it’s a really exciting opportunity to bring the best of the BBC’s dynamic (read slow) reporting to our audience in all new ways - reimagining content so whether you can see it, or not, it gives you the context you are looking for and helps us explain stories to audiences in a whole new way”!