I used to post something about the presenter abling to pick between left and right screen for talking to correspondents. I'm thinking I'm wrong now that I've seen better evidences. It does look like the right or left screen selection is determined by the position of the newsreader. This is evident from the recent changes to the opening of the 5am-8am UKT news. Pre-change period, 2 newsreaders sit together, so the main newsreader is actually sitting very near to the pillar besides her left TV panel. So, the conferencing to correspondents will always be through her left screen. Now, post-change period, where only 1 newsreader sits, she will sit more to the centre of the desk. Hence, she will use her right screen for conferencing, and during conferencing, her left screen will show the globe with waves coming out animation. For Newsday, it will be the Newsday animation on her left TV. Also, pre-change period, we don't get to see 2 TVs during conferencing. The cam is actually zooming to her nearer, and we see just she and her left TV.
Might do an update with side-by-side pic of pre and post sitting positions if I have the time. Hope my left and right screen 'obssession' doesn't bore anyone.
As was mentioned the last time you brought this up, the director decides which screen the presenter will turn to -it isn't based on how close to the middle of the desk is, if they prefer turning one direction over another, or just a whim in where they go 'I WANT TO TURN LEFT'.
I know now it's not the newreader who thinks to turn to wherever they like, but it's more like based on the slot of the program and the sitting positioning. Yes, they they take the orders from the director, but then that also depends on the program isn't it. Like the previous one, it's always the left screen. Let's put this way, there is a certain set protocol for each program. Like okay in recent change of the 5-8am slot, there's gonna be first headlines followed by music, then more headlines, biz and etc. So this is based on a unanimous decision by the managers. So once this is in effect, every team on duty for that slot will have to follow the format right? So in the case, above, the decision is to have only 1 presenter now, so the people in charge would have decided they follow with the common bulletin trend whereby a single presenter will use the right screen. So once it's put in effect, then that's gonna be always the screen to be for that slot of programme. On the other hand, the director does not usually make impromptu decisions like, 'today, i might want newsreader to use her left screen for the second conference', unless it is something very out of ordinary that warrants a diversion from norm, like maybe technicalities. Sorry I don't quite agree still with the notion of the director deciding where, I would think it would be more towards the fixed protocol decided, and then the director on duty may be able to make diversions where necessary, but is usually following the format decided for the slot. And from my observation, the trend to decide which screen to look at is usually based on the sitting positioning. I have not yet seen other bulletins with single presenter using her left screen for conferencing in
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Last edited by myan on 11 October 2013 10:00am - 4 times in total
