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> and utterly, stupidly, pointless Can you explain your thinking more? I don't understand how this argument differs from: Why ever build a professional studio?

> and utterly, stupidly, pointless Can you explain your thinking more? I don't understand how this argument differs from: Why ever build a professional studio? This technology is nice because you build the physical studio once (green screens, tracking markers, integration) and then it is only the cost of developing/building environments in Unreal Engine and you have an instant event specific studio for minimal cost. No flying an entire crew and support staff around the world, no physically building/tearing down multiple physical sets for different productions.

eddieroger 5y ago
Not to mention, if you don't really want to send an entire production crew a quarter of the way around the world because there's a pandemic going on, and can find a way to not do that, isn't that a benefit? I think this tech is super cool and I think it probably gave the BBC an option that was the best of all possible ones, honestly. Very not pointless.
OJFord 5y ago
Ah, is it in the UK? I missed that detail if so. I can see a bit more point to that for sure. As others have pointed out though, they do this kind of thing for UK elections and things too. And simpler green screening just to replace a London outlook with a different one. I don't know, even so I think I just don't need to see Tokyo in the background, real or not? Just build a nice looking studio (with some real 'nice joinery', heh) and focus on the content? Even if it doesn't have windows, I doubt I'm going to be claustrophobic watching it, and obviously homogeneous green isn't any better in that regard for them or interviewees than some nice wallpaper or wood panelling or whatever.
beardyw 5y ago
And really, how different would it be if they were there? Stuck in a studio being fed information just the same. I love those political broadcasts "Here I am outside a building where something is happening (but luckily someone in the studio is telling me what is actually going on)." And it's always raining.

eddieroger 5y ago

Not to mention, if you don't really want to send an entire production crew a quarter of the way around the world because there's a pandemic going on, and can find a way to not do that, isn't that a benefit? I think this tech is super cool and I think it probably gave the BBC an option that was the best of all possible ones, honestly. Very not pointless.

OJFord 5y ago

Ah, is it in the UK? I missed that detail if so. I can see a bit more point to that for sure. As others have pointed out though, they do this kind of thing for UK elections and things too. And simpler green screening just to replace a London outlook with a different one. I don't know, even so I think I just don't need to see Tokyo in the background, real or not? Just build a nice looking studio (with some real 'nice joinery', heh) and focus on the content? Even if it doesn't have windows, I doubt I'm going to be claustrophobic watching it, and obviously homogeneous green isn't any better in that regard for them or interviewees than some nice wallpaper or wood panelling or whatever.

beardyw 5y ago

And really, how different would it be if they were there? Stuck in a studio being fed information just the same. I love those political broadcasts "Here I am outside a building where something is happening (but luckily someone in the studio is telling me what is actually going on)." And it's always raining.