26-06-2023, 10:48 AM
I think it’s all opaque now including the ticker and flipper, it’s look pants but that’s in tone with everything released this year from NBH.
(26-06-2023, 10:37 AM)Brekkie Wrote: A picture is worth 1000 words.
The Nottingham vigil was a disgrace - so much raw emotion from the speakers but the BBC not only had the Aston taking the bottom third but a pushback reducing the picture to about a quarter of the screen.
(26-06-2023, 10:31 AM)Moz Wrote: News is about information, most of that can be conveyed by text, graphics and what the presenter is saying. Most of the time the pictures are fine in a box in the corner.
If you want full screen pictures and no graphics, then Pathé News is your thing.
(26-06-2023, 11:01 AM)aaron_scotland Wrote: What a weird thing to say, why don't we just have radio then.What I meant is that you don’t need to have the picture full frame to get as much from it. The majority of information is audio and textual, with pictures adding about a third of the information I’d say.
(26-06-2023, 11:10 AM)LDN Wrote: That argument is somewhat undermined by some of the changes that BBC News has made:Agree with all this.
[*]Removing the second, descriptive line of text from the lower-thirds.
[*]Reduction of most stories to a single four- or five-word headline, which is often left on screen for several minutes at a time.
[*]The frequent deactivation of the ticker/flipper, replacing it with nothing but a URL.
[*]Displaying nothing but the same three or four headlines on a loop on the ticker, on the rare occasions when it functions (rather than 6 or 7 major headlines, along with sport, business etc); or using it to endless cycle contact information that is already shown on screen in pushback.
You're right -- news is about information, but the BBC's actions have shown that text -- at least on the lower thirds -- is no longer considered an essential part of how they share that information with the audience.
BBC News has greatly reduced the functionality, usefulness, and the value, of the lower-thirds in recent months. Just how useful is it to audiences to introduce a story, play out the package, return to the studio, and chat with a guest -- several minutes of on-air time -- showing absolutely nothing on screen but the same four-word story title? And while showing them no world headlines or anything else on the ticker except the URL?
As a result of the BBC's changes, the lower thirds are now, quite literally, a waste of space.
(26-06-2023, 11:15 AM)harshy Wrote: Ha this is ridiculous now everyone is going to think bbc news is in permanent breaking news mode, who’s coming up with these wacky ideas, it makes no sense whatsoever, it’s also now inconsistent with everything else as the regionals and breakfast won’t be using these straps it’s a joke it has to be.Perhaps they’ll have a new colour for Breaking News?
(26-06-2023, 11:19 AM)Moz Wrote: I don’t mind this with red bar all the way across, but when it raises to give more information the background should be translucent black as before.I have the impression that someone has run off with with most of the colours from the graphics palette
Perhaps they’ll have a new colour for Breaking News?
(26-06-2023, 11:19 AM)Moz Wrote: I don’t mind this with red bar all the way across, but when it raises to give more information the background should be translucent black as before.
Perhaps they’ll have a new colour for Breaking News?