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Post by I Miss BCTV on Jan 16, 2004 20:27:46 GMT -5
So what do you guys think of the new VILAND NEWS graphics and theme music? personally I enjoy them, and i think that Erick Thomson is a much better anchor for the program.
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Post by Derek on Jan 16, 2004 21:40:43 GMT -5
I like the new graphics and open as well. They really needed a new open; it just didn't feel very consistent for the 3 newscasts to have 3 different opens. I have doubts about this version of the theme though, but it's not a big deal. I'll try to get their new look on the site soon.
As for Erick Thompson... He seems a little underwhelming at times IMO (no offence to him), but he's all right.
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Post by NEWS DUDE on Jan 30, 2004 0:55:07 GMT -5
The New VI probably had the three different openers/music/graphics for the supper-hour shows because it probably wanted them to look different from each other, so the viewers wouldn't think it's the same show again and again... But you guys prefer the same look over and over again over the two hour block? (I'm just curious - not criticizing...)
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Post by Derek on Jan 30, 2004 15:48:20 GMT -5
You've got a point. But personally I just prefer consistency. And I might've liked having 3 different opens for 3 different newscasts just for the sake of some variety, provided the opens were any good. The 11pm open was pretty nice (it had been used since launch without being tampered with). But the old 5pm and 6.30pm opens, IMO, were quite poor. And the theme music was poorly edited for the 6.30pm open. It doesn't help that the 6.30pm broadcast originally had a much better open.
When it comes down to differentiating the newscasts, content is still the key. They can have different opens all they want, but it kind of defeats the purpose of such differentiation when the 5.30pm half-hour is basically a repeat of the 5pm half-hour (at least whenever I happen to watch them).
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