29-02-2024, 02:20 AM
(22-02-2024, 11:55 AM)Brekkie Wrote: I think that some are reacting positively to a really basic title sequence with 20-25 year old music shows how far presentatuon wise standards at BBC News have fallen.I’ll admit it’s taken me a while to get round to seeing all this.
As nostalgic as it is to hear this particular piece of music on TV again, I have to agree with you.
With the pans and zooms utilised by the original World News Today, a re-tooled version of the sphere titles used on “An Là” - and previously BBC Persian - could’ve served quite well as a spiritual successor - a red and cream gradient on the sphere would’ve looked nice too.
As for the music, while I’m a fan of the original David Lowe sound, the “remix” sounds clumsy, with modern thunderclaps and strings overlaid just because they could.
It’s a nice effort and clearly had enthusiasts in mind - if they hadn’t considered the element of us lot picking up on a theme not used in 21 years, they’d have just used another cut-down version of the main theme - but it does show standards have dropped. Which is a shame.
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