Spring Rubber 612 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I've been looking at various pics of the set with the demo field (used for NFL shows, Baseball Tonight, etc.), and I realized that they use two separate sides of the studio. Once side is used for football, basketball, and Mike and Mike in the Morning, while the other side (across the field) is used for baseball. They also use the baseball area for First Take, but the First Take desk faces the opposite way and does not face the demonstration field. Why do they use the other side of the studio for baseball since the background of the desk shot is essentially the same as from the football/basketball side? Both sides feature a huge projection screen on the opposite side of the field and panels to the right of the projection screen to cover up the unused studio, after all. Also, what do they do with the panels that cover up the studio when they need to be taken out? Are they wheeled off? Slid off to the side? Raised into the ceiling? What about the projection screen? I've seen pictures in which the screen is partly disassembled; do they use the same screen for each side of the studio and move it back and forth when necessary? Also, what do they do with the First Take backdrop when Baseball Tonight uses the studio space? All of the pictures I've seen are from before First Take started; thus, bare walls are located where the First Take backdrop is now located. Do they still remove the First Take stuff when Baseball Tonight airs so that the people at the desk see bare walls in front of them? By the way, here are some example pictures: Baseball Tonight side of studio: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1408325847071122063BmapXa http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1352524818062699703Agtccr ...and a view from behind the desk (where the First Take backdrop is during that show): http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1352524959062699703XGNeqx Football/basketball side of studio: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/1511839137063218658sOMsSG http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2237927710054614101efxDIT ...and a view with the opposite wall open, exposing part of the First Take set: http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2153817400073923530qFbsrq I still don't get why they don't do Baseball Tonight from the football/basketball side since the view is nearly the same. Either way, I think it's a beautiful studio, and the complexity of it makes it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfomspphl 453 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I've been looking at various pics of the set with the demo field (used for NFL shows, Baseball Tonight, etc.), and I realized that they use two separate sides of the studio. Once side is used for football, basketball, and Mike and Mike in the Morning, while the other side (across the field) is used for baseball. They also use the baseball area for First Take, but the First Take desk faces the opposite way and does not face the demonstration field. Why do they use the other side of the studio for baseball since the background of the desk shot is essentially the same as from the football/basketball side? Both sides feature a huge projection screen on the opposite side of the field and panels to the right of the projection screen to cover up the unused studio, after all. Also, what do they do with the panels that cover up the studio when they need to be taken out? Are they wheeled off? Slid off to the side? Raised into the ceiling? What about the projection screen? I've seen pictures in which the screen is partly disassembled; do they use the same screen for each side of the studio and move it back and forth when necessary? Also, what do they do with the First Take backdrop when Baseball Tonight uses the studio space? All of the pictures I've seen are from before First Take started; thus, bare walls are located where the First Take backdrop is now located. Do they still remove the First Take stuff when Baseball Tonight airs so that the people at the desk see bare walls in front of them? By the way, here are some example pictures: Baseball Tonight side of studio: http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1408325847071122063BmapXa http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1352524818062699703Agtccr ...and a view from behind the desk (where the First Take backdrop is during that show): http://sports.webshots.com/photo/1352524959062699703XGNeqx Football/basketball side of studio: http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/1511839137063218658sOMsSG http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2237927710054614101efxDIT ...and a view with the opposite wall open, exposing part of the First Take set: http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2153817400073923530qFbsrq I still don't get why they don't do Baseball Tonight from the football/basketball side since the view is nearly the same. Either way, I think it's a beautiful studio, and the complexity of it makes it interesting. I actually had a chance to tour this studio last month. It is even more striking and impressive in person. The set components are genuinely two stories tall and the building it is housed in looks like the size of a small arena. As for the set itself.... - The floor panels are manually lifted, tile by tile, by several people to change them out. They said it takes something like 75 minutes. - The panels that cover the studio I think are on wheeled tracks. I saw them moving them around while there. Of course because it is a high definition set, the fit and finish of every set component looks flawless in person. Was on business so didn't get to take my own pictures. All in all the ESPN complex is about the size of a regional shopping mall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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