The weather had a blooper as well
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At least we can see the backdrop now. If only they would get rid of that fake screen and the fake set to leave a plain keyed landscape.
Iâm pretty sure that the screen is real, but they just display chroma key green on it so they can insert the various localised backdrops in.
For all the criticisms at least Nine actually bother to key in different localised backdrops for the regional bulletins (even if they could be improved on), unlike WIN News which just has a generic chroma key backdrop used in all markets.
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WINâs key ends up looking better though - so itâs hard to see the benefit of the effort they go to.
Even SCAâs updates managed OTS graphics that change for each story, it would vastly improve things.
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And are also ahead of NBN, who donât use any local imagery in anything except for some weather shots.
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Despite the launch of the Far North Queensland bulletin tomorrow night and North Queensland bulletin Monday week, neither have a Twitter or Facebook account established yet.
Here is the âsetâ from the control room. It appears the plasma is even smaller than that of Victoriaâs and NSWâs bulletins (maybe it is the plasma from the old Gold Coast set)
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Wonder why they are bothering with a plasma at all if it doesnât fill the whole shot. Should just use a green screen.
âplasmaâ *
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He means the physical plasma which fills the backdrop, not the âplasmaâ next to the presenter. You can see the Panasonic logo about a quarter of the way up the shot, just next to the guyâs left elbow.
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That tells us all that (set-wise) Nine News Regional is somewhat a polished version of WIN News, considering that Nine has no time yet to build a specific physical set.
What a group of amateurs. Shouldâve used the old Brisbane set.
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You canât already tell from the giddy smile Iâm pretty excited to launch @9newsqueensland regional news in #cairns tomorrow 
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100% agree. Just have a green screen covering the whole back wall and key in each local landscape. Perfectly normal from closeups and wide shots without a fake set. As a bonus, would look similar to the Gold Coast.
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Presentation of the weekend bulletin really shows just how low key the regional bulletins are.
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Promos have started in Mackay today.
Weirdly while the FNQ/NQ promos ended with âSee It Firstâ and the date. The Mackay promo ends with âFirst & Bestâ again!
EDIT: I posted a youtube video with this post, but it is not showing up!?!
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Since my videos wonât post for some reason:
Remove the space after the âhttpsâ to watch the Mackay 15-sec Promo:
https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIg39KH_VdU
Mackay 30-sec Promo:
https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1ZJywl4So
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Nailed it! 
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The line âlive and localâ sounds cut off. Something like âYour news, live and localâ wouldâve sounded better.
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Anyone capped any news updates?
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