NBC News HDTV Election Coverage....

Tom Lowe · 11-04-2008, 05:20 PM

Wow. Is anyone else watching these moco shots of Chuck Todd on NBC news in HD? They have him in some kind of virtual green-screen studio with these sweeping crane shots, comping him into a virtual background with a bunch of Greek columns, a rotating floor, and an epic night skyline. Amazing technology. It just jumps off the screen in HD. I only recently got an HDTV and this coverage is blowing me away. The overhead crowd shots of Obama's gathering crowd in Chicago look gorgeous.

Tom Lowe · 11-04-2008, 07:41 PM

tune in to nbc you noobs....

Sam Roberts · 11-04-2008, 07:51 PM

CNN's holographic interviews are also pretty cool....360 degree camera coverage

Kyle Presley · 11-04-2008, 09:18 PM

monemonemoney, MONAAY!

Peter Mosiman · 11-04-2008, 11:15 PM

yeah, finally people are being beamed in places. =]

Petr Dvorak · 11-05-2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sam Roberts

CNN's holographic interviews are also pretty cool....360 degree camera coverage

I saw one so called "holographic" interview with Will-I-Am and it was ONLY with two static shots - front and rear whith some dizzy videofilter - what a blsht!!! And they even couldn't get it right if its more ST or SW style - bah it was rubbish :bleh:

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I saw other one which wasn't static, but it still looks crappy

GlennChan · 11-05-2008, 01:06 PM

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tune in to nbc you noobs....

I'd argue that sometimes the news gives you way too much information, most of it bad. When is the last time you heard a news reporter (or anchor) tell you that they don't know? Most of the time, we simply don't know.

Or at other times, they will distort what actually happened to make a better story (e.g. sensationalism).

If you think about, virtual sets for news is a little weird because they aren't real. Whereas the news is supposed to be about, you know, the real world. In a way, they're trying to trick you into thinking it's real and put in signs of credibility (e.g. we have a whole news room behind us!).

Anyways I'll stop derailing this thread. :P

Keith Nealy · 11-05-2008, 01:16 PM

Tom-
To address your comments - yes, the virtual set was amazing - the best I've seen in realtime.

http://www.newscaststudio.com/blog/2...new-3d-studio/

No mention of the actual system used but my bet is the ORAD system from Israel.

they have led the pack for a while.

Great stuff, though.

Keith

Probably the Israeli system

Brent J. Craig · 11-05-2008, 03:01 PM

I suspect CNN's 'holograms' were simply greenscreen video composites. I'm certain Wolf B wasn't standing there looking at the projected image we saw. Really it was just two motion control systems with their moves synced together, which is impressive enough. Calling it a hologram?!? Not so sure about the truthiness of that.

I think CNN added the crappy video edges and motion stutter for dramatic effect, just like they used to add a green night-vision look and tracer bullets to Wolf's war zone reporting!

michael zaletel · 11-05-2008, 05:50 PM

Adobe Ultra can do some of this stuff on the cheap. It's actually pretty cool.

-shooter

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Tom Lowe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere worshiping Terrence Malick Posts: 6,165	NBC News HDTV Election Coverage.... Wow. Is anyone else watching these moco shots of Chuck Todd on NBC news in HD? They have him in some kind of virtual green-screen studio with these sweeping crane shots, comping him into a virtual background with a bunch of Greek columns, a rotating floor, and an epic night skyline. Amazing technology. It just jumps off the screen in HD. I only recently got an HDTV and this coverage is blowing me away. The overhead crowd shots of Obama's gathering crowd in Chicago look gorgeous. __________________ Timescapes.org/blog twitter.com/timescapes

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Tom Lowe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere worshiping Terrence Malick Posts: 6,165	tune in to nbc you noobs.... __________________ Timescapes.org/blog twitter.com/timescapes

11-05-2008, 01:16 PM	#8
Keith Nealy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 294	Tom- To address your comments - yes, the virtual set was amazing - the best I've seen in realtime. http://www.newscaststudio.com/blog/2...new-3d-studio/ No mention of the actual system used but my bet is the ORAD system from Israel. they have led the pack for a while. Great stuff, though. Keith Probably the Israeli system __________________ Keith Nealy Productions Big Island Hawaii RED #1725 www.keithnealy.com

11-05-2008, 03:01 PM	#9
Brent J. Craig Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,597	I suspect CNN's 'holograms' were simply greenscreen video composites. I'm certain Wolf B wasn't standing there looking at the projected image we saw. Really it was just two motion control systems with their moves synced together, which is impressive enough. Calling it a hologram?!? Not so sure about the truthiness of that. I think CNN added the crappy video edges and motion stutter for dramatic effect, just like they used to add a green night-vision look and tracer bullets to Wolf's war zone reporting! __________________ Brent J. Craig . com

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Sam Roberts Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 306	CNN's holographic interviews are also pretty cool....360 degree camera coverage

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michael zaletel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,551	Adobe Ultra can do some of this stuff on the cheap. It's actually pretty cool. -shooter