10-04-2023, 07:00 PM
(10-04-2023, 06:40 PM)Newsroom Wrote:I know what Mouseboy is getting at - there is a view among some that TV news should consist of a sole presenter sat behind a desk, introducing the same reports hour after hour. I respect that view, but it’s not one I share.(10-04-2023, 06:32 PM)mouseboy33 Wrote: I have to agree. They hit on a great format. Its light, pacey and friendly but authoritative and its feels "Big". Not a presenter stuck in front of a screen and a skyline background using a locked down camera. I for one would LOVE much more international news. But the format just feels right for today. No its certainly not perfect, but they did a great job putting this together. It doesnt feel to over produced. Some new shows have too many cutesy titled segments, instead of just presenting the news. They have a few, but its not a boat-load of overly produced packaged and title segments.What would anyone 'flame' you for that review? It's spot on perfect.
Instead of a boring, anchor strapped behind a desk or awkwardly standing on a catwalk, then conducting one boring talking head discussion after another or just sitting there reading one headline after another in a bored monotone voice, introducing every single report with the phrase....."Joe Bloggs reports". Not sure why presenters on other channels dont seem, to me, to have a tv personality, like they are enjoying their job. Its a fine line. The 3 News Central presenters seem to like each other. And yeah a flubbed line isnt the end of the world and its not like they will be executed following the broadcast. And I know some expressed concerned 3 presenters is too many. These 3 work well together and the 3 presenters work if its dones correctly and its not too jarring to the viewer either.
I know Im going to get flamed for saying this, but CNN presenters seem to handle breaking news VERY well. You rarely, if ever get the deer in headlights look or the constant staring at the desktop screen and the AWFUL. HALTING. SPEECH. THAT. COMES. WITH. BREAKING.NEWS. on some channels. And the ubiquitous THANK. YOU. VERY. MUCH. INDEED. after seemingly every interview.
It seems that they have a plan when breaking news occurs, where each presenter is going to go in the studio and who is going to do what. And they have the desk on the left side of set to use if coverage lasts for a extended period of time.
Having said that it feels weird when NewsCentral is over and CNN returns to its previous formats. You see how badly they are done. So far, in general I like it and lives up to the hype for the most part. Cant wait for other parts to debut. Hopefully this format could be extended to CNNi......one could wish. Not likely though.
I felt a little uncertain about using the word 'enjoying' after the breaking news happened but it worked for what was to follow.
They really do seem to have at the very least cracked the ice. It's a fabulous segment.
Let's hope the Washington trio strike the same chord! If they don't it'll be a very visible problem.
Does anyone remember Sky’s attempt at three-presenter news? Like CNN, they had two trios (morning and afternoon). From what I recall, the morning trio (Martin Stanford, Annas Botting and Jones) wasn’t too bad, but the afternoon trio… Mark Longhurst and Steve Dixon, whilst both excellent presenters who clearly got on very well, could be really quite silly and OTT at times, and Ginny Buckley just wasn’t suited to rolling news, bless her (though she is now a very successful motoring journalist, so all’s well that ends well!). I suspect (and hope!) CNN has looked at that and learned from it.