CW39 News at 9 (A Block part 1)

Thursday 16 Aug 07

Segment 1 (part 1) of the newscast.
Part 2 is here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=82pD7oCzvv0

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• newscast
• director
• track

[BroadcastGod]

I used the phrase "remote" to mean "anything other than the anchor desk." From a practical standpoint, they're all just buttons on the switcher. It could have just as easily been another camera in a different part of the building.

I'm not exactly sure how the technical director built the effect that night but if I had built it, I'd have layered the effect so that the middle box was behind the two outer boxes and then used the keyer crop on the switcher to keep all of them behind the frame.

[theodore864]

I understand the idea of the triple box, but I have a couple of questions. First, you said it was done with 3 remote sources, but I only see too remote, and one in-studio (chroma). Am I seeing the same thing as you? Also, how are the shots cropped to be placed in the boxes, instead of just having the complete shot in the box?

Thanks

[BroadcastGod]

To the person asking about the triple box (sorry, the "remove" and "reply" button are really close together):

That's the graphic seen at 1:35 where there are 3 live talent seen on-screen at the same time.

In this case it was done with 3 remote sources but could have just as easily been with 2 remotes and an in-studio source.

They are each inside a box and there are 3 of them, thus the name triple box.

Two would be a double box and 4 would be a quad box. We don't have the tech to do 5.

[BroadcastGod]

The closest I have to an assistant is the teleprompter operator who sometimes brings them across the newsroom from the printer to my desk before the show.

[egranado107]

thanks for putting this up, really neat to hear the director... i'm guessing he works without a script assistant?