But shows with little or no budget like Tosh.0 and Talk Soup, the hosts are normally on a green screen and the designer pretty much can put whatever they want behind them.
In our case, we obviously don't have the money to spend on a fancy-schmancy studio desk and background, so we have to do everything digitally.
I started by looking at other news centers and see what they have in common, it's mostly steel/industrial with some shiny metallics and illuminating lights thrown in for good measure. And along with some kind of LCD array in which to "show-off" their broadcast center in the background and whatnot.
Being as Fusion is not the center of the Dance Radio broadcast world (not yet), we need to start of small. A backdrop depicting some metallic structure, a window to view Chicago's beautiful skyline and a virtual TV to show media as the DJ announces it.
I started out with the base stage with some basic geometry:
Then I built the window and the viewport for the TV:
And many hours later, some lighting and texturing, and some floor mechanics, and we currently have this:
I'm certainly not done yet, I need feedback from the Fusion folks on the general motif, what they like/don't like, and what they would like to see, etc.
Plus this was designed like the DJ would be standing, but if he is sitting or behind a desk that they might get, I will need to redesign the stage to reflect the phyiscal hardware and the perspective of the stage.
Anyways, I like the way this is going and time will tell how this eventually turns out.
It's a great job. How can I contact you?
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