It's the old chopper. Pet peeve of mine... apparently no one else is bothered enough to change it. The 5pm/6pm show opens feature the current chopper, which is a Bell.
i was back home visiting family in new castle when i saw this. i so love it. wthr in indianapolis used to use it for their 11 pm intro and i have to say, its is way more appropriate for the 'burgh than in indy. i hope wthr can learn a thing or two from wpxi when they update their old theme.
Channel 11 finally got their image right...a hyper pace with an ounce of grace. It's by far the best news image in the 'Burgh right now. The only thing I hate about channel 11's style is that they use cut transitions WAY too much. Wouldn't it hurt to do some dissolves every once in a while, like right after this amazing open, instead of doing a jarring cut?
I suspect that is partly because with Ignite everything is coded early. In the "old days" the tape playback operator could, on the fly, suggest dissolves when/where necessary while cueing the tapes up.
That is by far one of the BEST preproduced news opens I've ever seen. An amazing cut of The Tower, plus the seamlessly went from the music bed under the headlines into the open. Just a great way to open an 11p show!
Thanks-- appreciation is a rare commodity. Though if you have a critical ear you'll notice the "chimes" play twice. Not as seamless as we'd hoped. I was cutting the opens with a tight backtime, but it has proven too difficult for directors to jump to the standard open (for one set of chimes). Backtiming isn't done anymore and the transition from prepro to open is much more obvious now, unfortunately.
Hey, you got anything from the FOX news ten produced by 11 ever since they went in HD? I heard they're still using Deadlines for the music so it'd be interesting to see that open? Thanks. :)
Yeah, they're still using Deadlines. It's like going high definition while you're in black and white. It's terrible. I'll try to post their open tonight.
no news is
eddie100 1 year ago
Was this on the day that you posted it?
rmartin6451 3 years ago
I saw Chopper 11 in the opening, and it looks like an AS-350. Do they still use that model, or did they switch to a Bell 206?
rglocks 3 years ago
It's the old chopper. Pet peeve of mine... apparently no one else is bothered enough to change it. The 5pm/6pm show opens feature the current chopper, which is a Bell.
NZCUTR 3 years ago
KXAS uses Tower V.3, which is much better than V.2.
Boulton26 3 years ago 2
i was back home visiting family in new castle when i saw this. i so love it. wthr in indianapolis used to use it for their 11 pm intro and i have to say, its is way more appropriate for the 'burgh than in indy. i hope wthr can learn a thing or two from wpxi when they update their old theme.
tkal420 3 years ago
This is the Tower V.2. KING NEWS Use this pacakage!
stormguy101 4 years ago
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The worst version of the Tower.
Boulton26 4 years ago
But in my opinion,it's the best for a hard news type of newscast.
faysal21adigun 3 years ago 5
Channel 11 finally got their image right...a hyper pace with an ounce of grace. It's by far the best news image in the 'Burgh right now. The only thing I hate about channel 11's style is that they use cut transitions WAY too much. Wouldn't it hurt to do some dissolves every once in a while, like right after this amazing open, instead of doing a jarring cut?
devswartz 4 years ago 3
I suspect that is partly because with Ignite everything is coded early. In the "old days" the tape playback operator could, on the fly, suggest dissolves when/where necessary while cueing the tapes up.
NZCUTR 3 years ago
That is by far one of the BEST preproduced news opens I've ever seen. An amazing cut of The Tower, plus the seamlessly went from the music bed under the headlines into the open. Just a great way to open an 11p show!
TVguy85 4 years ago 2
Thanks-- appreciation is a rare commodity. Though if you have a critical ear you'll notice the "chimes" play twice. Not as seamless as we'd hoped. I was cutting the opens with a tight backtime, but it has proven too difficult for directors to jump to the standard open (for one set of chimes). Backtiming isn't done anymore and the transition from prepro to open is much more obvious now, unfortunately.
NZCUTR 4 years ago
Hey, you got anything from the FOX news ten produced by 11 ever since they went in HD? I heard they're still using Deadlines for the music so it'd be interesting to see that open? Thanks. :)
sanantonionewsman 4 years ago
Yeah, they're still using Deadlines. It's like going high definition while you're in black and white. It's terrible. I'll try to post their open tonight.
takingaction4you 4 years ago
Nice! Consider me subscibed! :)
sanantonionewsman 4 years ago
I upload WPXI Morning and 6pm Talent Rejoins and 11@11 promo
news89 4 years ago