“CNN News Central” expands into the afternoon, with slightly different video wall layout

As scheduled, CNN premiered the afternoon edition of its “News Central” series on April 17, 2023. The content is almost the same as the morning edition, but the layout is horizontal.

The afternoon edition is produced in Washington, D.C., with editorial support from Atlanta, and the morning edition originates from the network's New York City studios.

Like the morning block, the 1-4 p.m. Eastern version uses a highly visual storytelling format inspired by the network's special event coverage.

But one big change is that CNN's studios there aren't as tall as Grid, primarily because of the lower ceilings in the Washington, D.C., bureau.

This means that the afternoon installment won't use a banner-style heading across the top of the video wall, like many shots of New York. Instead, most headings appear in boxes placed side-by-side next to their associated images.

Despite being laid out in a wider format, the graphics have much the same motif as those in New York, with synthetic glass panels, standoffs, and hardware placed among still photos, video clips, and live feeds. .

As in New York, each story will be anchored by one of three anchors from the network's DC studios: Jim Skitt, Brianna Kaylor and Boris Sanchez. DC Studios is basically divided into three different venues for the purpose of “News Central”.

One is a large, flat video wall with another array on one side.

The other is a curved LED video wall in the space that can be used in conjunction with another small video wall camera that boasts a bold red knee wall.

The network has the option of placing text in this part of the studio header and above the CNN logo, but chose to forgo it in this case.

Finally, another alcove that was updated with a sculptural wall for the CNN+ show (which was ultimately left in place) has a flat video wall that intersects vertically.

Thanks to simulated frame elements, one of these video walls is subdivided into multiple vertical segments, similar to the array of vertically mounted video panels used in “The Lead” It can be displayed like this. studio.

Since they originate from different cities, the afternoon episode also uses different openings, naturally replacing New York landmarks with images of DC.

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In this case, the show's logo appears to be floating in the air next to the iconic Washington Monument. Music and animation are almost the same.