This seems like the most logical scenario, and probably a good compromise.
It would utilise the great new look of the metro sets without interrupting the metro news or the cost of duplicating the set, while also allowing for individualised local backdrops into each market during the live statewide segments. It’s actually quite a smart way of doing things when you think about it, if that was the route Nine chose to take.
They could show wide shots of Vanessa at the metro set desk during the opener, and transition straight into a live shot of her in front of the green screen elsewhere for the first story quite easily I reckon without it appearing obvious that it was cutting from pre-recorded to live.
Then, all local windows could be prerecorded from the metro set with more of the set shown again, with crosses to weather, etc. prerecorded at the set. Then Vanessa could sign off live and with the footage then cutting to a prerecorded wideshot of the metro set at close.
If done correctly viewers would have no idea that it’s not all done in the one set.
That sounds like an extremely complicated set up. Nines priority is to get the 6pm Sydney news out.
You could be right. Well
Know in 5 days. It seems like a lot of work to just give viewers the impression of a real set. If a real set was so important they would
Build
One.
Those shots Vanessa posted look like a promo shoot to me. The camera man is locked off on a tripod on a promo camera shooting, not a studio camera
Also the lighting brought in indicates a shoot. If they were doing the actual news they would use the lighting grid of he studio.
This shot of Vanessa isn’t in on new TCN news set, which has a single curved screen not the sectioned screens (bascially TV sets) you can clearly see here showing Parliament House. You’ll also notice the set in this shot has white/grey cap on the flats with stripped lighting. The new TCN set is red with a pale blue key strip. The footlight on this set is white too, following the full curve - which is not the current style of the TCN set.
Kick-IT is quite right in saying the Sydney bulletin is the priorty, but there are several other considerations, the first being that the Regional News studio will be in almost constant use from about 2pm getting all the pre-records done. There won’t be time to ‘borrow’ a set for stand ups.
Kick-IT is also right in noting that studio cameras and rigged lighting are not evident in this shot, though I’m not sure what conclusions one could draw from that - other than the fact they weren’t broadcasting at that moment.
@CTC7-9-10 If that is indeed a separate set to be used for the new bulletin, and NOT the Sydney set as you are clearly suggesting - I will be shocked. But very pleasantly so! The Sydney set DOES in fact have a video wall made up of monitors (as seen in this shot with Parl House) just got to the 9 News thread and scroll up to posts 8 days ago
Compare to the wide shot at 0:52 into this montage and you can see that it definitely is the TCN set (or an identical replica):
Unless Nine plans to use the new metro set for 9 Live then I don’t see why there isn’t enough time for both metro and regional to share the same set. The regional team can do their bits during the afternoon and hand over around 5pm with plenty of time to spare before the 6pm bulletin.
I’m only suggesting that the pre-recorded parts of the bulletin (ie openers, local inserts, sport, weather and any wide open/close shots) could utilise the new metro set.
Obviously the live sections between 6-7pm will be done from elsewhere.
They need to do 3 local news inserts at around 8 minutes each. Allow 30 minutes for that. And 3 sports inserts around 5 minutes each. Allow 15 minutes for that.
And it sounds like all the weather for all 4 regions will
Be done in Newcastle
I highly doubt that these new regional bulletins will be presented from Studio 22. ACA moved out of there for a very good reason: Because the set can’t be used on Thursday nights for about 6-7 months of the year…
Nine Illawarra’s Jayden Webster has posted a few photos on Twitter tonight of Elana McIntyre doing a live report from Corrimal - some good photos there.
That is the TCN 9News set with the old Panasonic plasma (identically dressed like Melbourne’s one they use for weather ) wheeled infront of the video wall used for the 9News Sydney weather.
