Radiotelevisao Portuguesa (RTP)
Lunchtime news in Porto, evening news in Lisbon: two sets similar in their detail, although studio sizes were very different, clearly identifiable as coming from the two different locations.
The apparent size of the set is designed to reflect the importance and authority of the RTP National News. Restricted studio space, particularly in Lisbon, necessitated the use of mirrors to 'extend' the space, with projected semi-virtual images as backings. The setting was supervised, both in Lisbon and Porto, by Shaun Moore Design.
Lunchtime news in Porto, evening news in Lisbon: two sets similar in their detail, although studio sizes were very different, clearly identifiable as coming from the two different locations.
The apparent size of the set is designed to reflect the importance and authority of the RTP National News. Restricted studio space, particularly in Lisbon, necessitated the use of mirrors to 'extend' the space, with projected semi-virtual images as backings. The setting was supervised, both in Lisbon and Porto, by Shaun Moore Design.
Lisbon set: A proposal to move near to Lisbon's Expo '98 led to the inclusion in the set of a view over the new bridge across the Tejo, through a 'window' in a very modern building structure. The source of the image is a film-loop taken in differing weather conditions, and at different times of the year.
Back-projected onto an OOV screen, 'as live' the 'view' is reflected in a mirror wall, creating a 'virtual' depth in the studio.
The image is seen through a computer enhanced photo-matt of the building outside the window.
Back-projected onto an OOV screen, 'as live' the 'view' is reflected in a mirror wall, creating a 'virtual' depth in the studio.
The image is seen through a computer enhanced photo-matt of the building outside the window.
Porto set: The same idea in Porto, this time the picture is the famous iron bridge, Ponte de Dom Luis I.
Also 'as live', the film-loop is seen through a Computer Generated Image of a conservatory extension to the studio.
Also 'as live', the film-loop is seen through a Computer Generated Image of a conservatory extension to the studio.
Shaun Moore Design worked with BBC Media Arc designer Ian Wormleighton, who designed the branding and graphic intros, in a co-ordinated contract.
The set was built in Lisbon by F.O.Co., Construction Manager Isabel Rodigues.
The set was built in Lisbon by F.O.Co., Construction Manager Isabel Rodigues.
