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Post by barneyg on Nov 23, 2004 16:31:00 GMT -5
Back in my earlier 20's, I produced a news broadcast that used the blue screen technique to place live news anchors over a computer generated background. For local network news? |
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 23, 2004 19:11:25 GMT -5
Yeah. And I wish I had a tape of one of our old newscasts! It was actually a pretty nice setup.
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Post by FrankieV on Nov 23, 2004 20:06:13 GMT -5
OH cool I always wanted to work in Television. Thats why im glad im live so close to NY. I get to go see all the shows taped here.
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Post by barneyg on Nov 23, 2004 23:46:34 GMT -5
Yeah. And I wish I had a tape of one of our old newscasts! It was actually a pretty nice setup. You mean to tell me that some local news studios STILL have anchors sit in front of blue screens? What about CGI's? |
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Post by barneyg on Nov 23, 2004 23:48:24 GMT -5
Yeah. And I wish I had a tape of one of our old newscasts! It was actually a pretty nice setup. Another question, just curious... do you remember what kind of studio cameras the station used? Brand and age |
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Post by Hiro Nakano on Nov 24, 2004 0:11:43 GMT -5
OH cool I always wanted to work in Television. Thats why im glad im live so close to NY. I get to go see all the shows taped here. I worked in television at a co-op job in 2002. I think I had done everything from cameras to CGI; most of our shows were live, so it was slightly chaotic, but we managed to pull it off. There's a lot more to it than it looks. |
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 24, 2004 7:18:51 GMT -5
I do not know quite enough about our production equipment to tell you. The camera we had was used inside of a teleprompter so I never really saw it. If I were to take a shot at it, I'd say our cameras dated back somewhere around the early 90's; the equipment didn't look new but didn't look old either. Know what I mean? Our business was sold to another company not long after I moved on to a help desk job and I've lost touch with my boss.
As far as us "still" using a computer generated image for the background, the practice hasn't totally died. It's a lot easier to have a professional look that way than it is to build a set just as extensive. If it's done right, it can come out looking very nice.
berneyg, just realize that what you want to do can be done, it's just going to take a lot of money, effort, and equipment to get you there. Take it from two people with TV production experience. Another thing--you'll probably be shocked to hear me say this--the graphics I use for my game aren't quite good enough to be used in a blue-screen production, IMHO.
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Post by barneyg on Nov 24, 2004 19:46:03 GMT -5
berneyg, just realize that what you want to do can be done, it's just going to take a lot of money, effort, and equipment to get you there. Take it from two people with TV production experience. Another thing--you'll probably be shocked to hear me say this--the graphics I use for my game aren't quite good enough to be used in a blue-screen production, IMHO. It was binsbin96 who wanted to use online cameras and a blue screen, not me.(barneyg) |
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Post by Todd Robinson on Nov 24, 2004 21:06:18 GMT -5
Oh sorry. I got lost.  |
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