Breaking News 802 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 From YouTube Channel 13 in Birmingham will all Media General stations have this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5a3jJIDHVw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike91 66 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hopefully not, this is a downgrade from what the other heritage MG stations are using (especially the L3s) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Those graphics are bleh. But what's the point of announcing at the start of your newscast that you're also streaming the newscast live online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... The logo in the smart phone in the open might be the tackiest "WE'RE MODERN" tactic I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 WHY DOES THE DOUBLE BOX LOOK LIKE TWO IPADS NEXT TO EACH OTHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 "Put iPads in the graphics. The Kids love iPads. They'll watch us because of that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I'll give them an A for creativity, but everything about this package just looks outright tacky. Keyboards? Smartphones? In a news package? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 What is this I don't even... Meh, it's not the WORST GFX I've ever seen, but compared to the WNCN/WFLA pack (and even the old HD pack,) this is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Why is it that it seems like every graphic package from Media General looks so terrible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Gosh, you guys are harsh. I like the graphics for their approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I'll say this - I like the colors, I like the lower thirds, and parts of it seem to be remniscent of Novocom and Look A, which is a plus in my book. But... oh my god. You know what? I'm just going to put some screenshots. Look, I know smartphones and tablets and all that, but god damn, does every single graphic have to involve something being on a cell phone screen?! ...excuse me a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Yeah... that is bad. Bring back the clouds at this point. Media General Graphics - 1997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3471 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Overall, I like it. It's worlds better than the WFLA package, and marginally better than the circle graphics most of their stations are using. Also, a definite improvement over the previous package that is still being used by WKRG and WJBF.... I think they did go a step too far by using tablets any which way they can... The next step is seeing what becomes of the former Young stations....will any of their looks be ported, or will they design something new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnuts6 89 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Just wonder if THAT is what awaits the former Young Broadcasting stations once the whole MG merger is done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3471 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I wonder what they have up their sleeve for WKRG...and will they EVER refresh their look?!?!?!?! Their set is over 10 years old with original panels, duratranses (except for the main one which looks awful) and they are STILL using the 2008 graphics package along with the JDK garbage music.... Even a cosmetic refresh of their existing set would work wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Well, it seems like MG has finish ruining the appearance of WVTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Well, it seems like MG has finish ruining the appearance of WVTM Yep. Such a shame too; all of the other MG stations either maintain the 2006 GO look (which is outdated,) the circle look (which is better than this, but not perfect,) or the 3D look (namely WNCN and WFLA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It looks like WJAR this week has launched a new logo and have switched to the WNCN graphics package.Definitely an improvement for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 It looks like WJAR this week has launched a new logo and have switched to the WNCN graphics package.Definitely an improvement for them. That logo reminds me of what station? Hmm. Can't put my finger on it - oh yes, WCAU. Hey didn't WJAR get their last logo from WCAU??? ;-) J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jero23 105 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 That logo reminds me of what station? Hmm. Can't put my finger on it - oh yes, WCAU. Hey didn't WJAR get their last logo from WCAU??? ;-) J Yeah it seems WJAR remains somewhat recognizable from its O&O days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 More of WVTM's new graphics, which apparently has been called Look 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK6Pi1JvkVE Apart from the smartphone and button elements, the whole thing looks like a bad combination of VizRT and jcbD design work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 That looks really strongly jcbD. Like that could almost actually be his work. The big clue is that the slogan is "Accuracy matters." and not "Accuracy Matters". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promoguy98 252 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 That looks really strongly jcbD. Like that could almost actually be his work. The big clue is that the slogan is "Accuracy matters." and not "Accuracy Matters". Agree. A couple of additional things that would lead me to think that it's a jcbD creation is the thickness of the fonts and typeface used on the scoreboard examples starting 1min into the video. Secondly, the gradient backgrounds used between 2:20-2:34, especially the animation around 2:28-2:34 with a camera view that shows off a virtual floor for the laptop and the "corner of the wall" angled gradients. Making an edit to mention that approx :40 secs. in when the "Interceptor Weather and Traffic on the Ones" animation reveals. That text and the vertical scrolling number text screams jcbD to me. Here is his demo from May 2001 - around :14 seconds in you'll see the same type of weather animation concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Agree. A couple of additional things that would lead me to think that it's a jcbD creation is the thickness of the fonts and typeface used on the scoreboard examples starting 1min into the video. Secondly, the gradient backgrounds used between 2:20-2:34, especially the animation around 2:28-2:34 with a camera view that shows off a virtual floor for the laptop and the "corner of the wall" angled gradients. Making an edit to mention that approx :40 secs. in when the "Interceptor Weather and Traffic on the Ones" animation reveals. That text and the vertical scrolling number text screams jcbD to me. Here is his demo from May 2001 - around :14 seconds in you'll see the same type of weather animation concept. The way the highway shields in the background animate also tell me yes. Personally I like the return to "Alabama's 13" for the branding (which the station used with TVbD graphics in the very late 80s/early 90s). The very type treatment of "Alabama's" also screams John Christopher Burns. It's actually a very good resolution to what I'm sure was a concept that could have been executed much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Doesn't look like JCBD to me at all. I believe all the MGFX graphics packages are done in-house. Just because there's a few things that look like things he'd do doesn't mean he did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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