CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 As of 4:30am/CT, no new graphics. Maybe 12pm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewsFan 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Maybe. Will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacLA8383 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 If not noon, 5pm definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 286 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 It'll be noon. Weather graphics are changing over: http://www.wwltv.com/weather/maps?radar=64217522&img=5&c=y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 WUSA made the change at noon... J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewsFan 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Good luck to WWL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 WWL has kept Voiceover Open. quote "Live From the French Quarter this Eyewitness News at Noon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNewsFan 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Correction: Live From the French Quarter - This is Eyewitness News at Noon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacLA8383 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Video coming in a little bit....fits better than I thought it would and they've kept the CBS eye in the bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 286 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thought it looked pretty good, but I can understand the complaints for the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacLA8383 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Here's the link....we'll see if they're using a different cut for the 5, 6, and 10pm ones later on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZG30eTqHZA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Watched it in the market on Charter in HD. IMO graphics looked much better than I expected on WWL. Technically only a few small gaffes. The color coded background of the first story I believe switched from News-Blue to Breaking-Red. Musically, I assumed they would use what I'd term the "heroic / triumphant" cut for the opening. Levels seemed to be low and they rushed too quickly into the breaking news stinger. I'm sure they will smooth out wrinkles like that. I I hope they will work on the music levels. All of it seemed too low on the launch newscast. The weather intro music is almost non-existent, which is in quite a contrast to the Belo/615 AWYT music. There wasn't much of a pronounced logo that I could hear going into weather. Stock market return bump was 10 to 15 seconds, don't recall hearing much of any logo, if any on that. They did use the glitchy-sounding techno cut going into the first break which I thought was surprising. To me, the set now seems too busy with such minimal graphics. There were no 'This is Home' promos during the noon cast. I look forward, as clcLA8383 mentioned, to seeing how smoothly the shows go tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Technically only a few small gaffes. The color coded background of the first story I believe switched from News-Blue to Breaking-Red. Musically, I assumed they would use what I'd term the "heroic / triumphant" cut for the opening. Levels seemed to be low and they rushed too quickly into the breaking news stinger. This is the same cut KPNX uses for its noon news. They use a different cut for their evening newscasts that's a little more authoritative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 This is the same cut KPNX uses for its noon news. They use a different cut for their evening newscasts that's a little more authoritative. Right right. If I'm thinking of the same 'more authoritative' cuts that you are, would that be the variation similar to what KUSA uses as their 10PM pre-tease & open or it is similiar to what Gari uses as the KUSA UP NEXT at 6 promo on his website demo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Right right. If I'm thinking of the same 'more authoritative' cuts that you are, would that be the variation similiar to what KUSA uses as their 10PM pre-tease & open or it is similiar to what Gari uses as the KUSA UP NEXT at 6 promo on his website demo? It's in the NMSA, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Here's the vid with Mike Hoss explaining about the new Gannett graphics. Of course we've heard that same line over and over again. And we'll be hearing it as the rollout to the Belo stations continues. I know I stated that the graphics (including the WWL logo with the CBS Eye) are sleek, looking at the logo on the three screens, near their secondary news desk, it really pops out way better than the ones that said "EYEWITNESS NEWS" in a blue blackground on the screens. I do agree with promoguy98 that the set does look too busy. I said this earlier on, the WWL signs in front of both desk, those looks similar to the older graphics. I'm not too sure if those signs could be changed, because it doesn't too much look right with the station's new graphics. One thing that I somewhat dislike is that they uses a narrow font for the time & temp, while most of the others are using a bolder font. Some folks who might be several feet away or some folks who might have visual problems, might have difficulty seeing the time & temp bug, because the font is so skinny. As for the music cues heard on the noon (as it is the station's very first Gari theme), its somewhat okay. I was happy that they used the WUSA music for the open & close (although I wished they played it up to the end of the cue and not the start/in the middle, but I know it was their first day, they'll have alot of time to do some tweaking). It seems that they're trying to do the same thing to use various cues for the bumpers, like they did with AWYT. I know its been one newscasts, but I'm hoping there will be more consistency with the cues. It would be interesting to see what they will use for the evening and tomorrow morning's shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 286 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 5pm cast is having a tough time with the new graphics. Couple of hiccups. I'm also not sure I like how the L3s id the person talking - that grey's a little muddy, though I am watching right now on SD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 They're having some growing pains, which is expected. The Gannett stations had rundowns and semi-permanent lower thirds when they switched. The Belo stations didn't. I half wonder if the dislike towards this look is just because of standardization. I really think this ad sums up how most of us feel when something gets changed. And why we should not feel that way. [yt]tetOSMilRKg[/yt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 The music doesn't sound right with Bill Ratner's voice. He is not a very authoritative voiceover like the music evokes and they should've switched to someone else or not used a VO at all. The logo looks odd with the CBS eye next to it. There was nothing wrong with it before. Why does the graphic say "Breaking" not "Breaking News"? Just something I'm nitpicky about... You already know I hate the Gannett graphics with a passion so I don't need to repeat that. I hope KENS tries to resist getting this for as long as possible. I admittedly haven't watched a newscast on that station in over seven years because the product they put out is horrendously bad. But I will start watching them regularly JUST to see if they're running promos for the new Gannett graphics since no other person in this market will likely post anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacLA8383 1 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 5pm open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9AmBIo7i9s 6pm open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5THwuyXdQUI EDIT 11:10pm: 10pm open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArcnXURPvk8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtrak8 5 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 No I was talking about what Raymie described of Jean sweeping the old graphics in to the newer graphics. I wasn't talking about that vid. I've seen previous vids at which they'd use the new Gannett design for promos. But thanks for showing me that vid. I wonder if NWCN would also get the graphics as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 869 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 They're having some growing pains, which is expected. The Gannett stations had rundowns and semi-permanent lower thirds when they switched. The Belo stations didn't. I half wonder if the dislike towards this look is just because of standardization. I really think this ad sums up how most of us feel when something gets changed. And why we should not feel that way. [yt]tetOSMilRKg[/yt] I've seen people here say that their disdain for this look was because it was too simple (what they meant was: not Hothaus/GO-like enough - not shiny enough, not conventional enough for them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Nah, I'd prefer something similar to, say, or even . Not too simple, but not remotely flashy either. I actually dislike quite a few GO and Hothaus packages (especially Hothaus ones) for being way too flashy and "shiny". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynine 286 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 After a few days with the Gannett graphics, I still like them (and WWL's getting a little more comfortable with them) but I do have some nitpicking. - The L3 for the teases and going to break needs a longer background. That white DIN text gets lost pretty easily once it gets past that point, especially when it's a sports tease that has video with a score bar at the bottom. - The monitors across the set need something else besides the new Eyewitness News logo. It's just plopped on a plain background and it looks lonely. Put some o'dem flying blocks behind it, or find another generic graphic so it's not the same thing on every monitor. - "This Is Home" remains pretty weak, or WWL's choosing the weakest cuts. Doesn't have any punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I've seen people here say that their disdain for this look was because it was too simple (what they meant was: not Hothaus/GO-like enough - not shiny enough, not conventional enough for them). It doesn't have to be 'conventional', but it doesn't have to leave me yawning. I rather read a newspaper than look at those graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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