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On the rare occasions I watch the weather forecast, the forecaster is always centered on the screen, blocking my view of the map. I don't want to watch some ugly person standing in front of a camera; I want to see the map. As long as stations insist on hiring vain, egotistic personalities, why not
employ a simple digital effect to make them partially transparent?
This would allow viewers to see the entire map, and be able to watch the media talent's inane gesturing at the same time.
They are having none of it.
http://is1.websearc...%2Fmain579868.shtml
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jan 27 2005]
iWeatherman
http://www.maiga.net/_wag/Map.jpg
Apple's 'gel button' effect meets the weather report. [wagster, Jan 27 2005]
[link]
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Just make him wear chroma-key colour clothing. Saw a local met do this on a Halloween forecast once, he was a disembodied head and floating hands. |
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Nice idea - for the rest of the year, how
about a shirt with a big chroma-key
square on the front? |
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I think the idea of having a meteorologist stand in front of the map is not necessary for the old reason anymore but is important for new reasons. The old reason was to teach people local geography. It would have been previously ineffective to just show a map, because many viewers wouldn't be able to read it for themselves. The new reason is to actually teach peopl meteorology. Our understanding of weather conditions have broadened, and atleast my local meteorologist goes into some detail about the whats, whys, and whens of the weather; formerly just the whats and whens. |
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Yeah, cuckoo, I agree. My dad swears by his local weatherman. I guess the waetherman does it for a lot of people. I personally think watching one is stupid, but for a good precentage of the news watching population I don't think this is the case. [+] For creativity though. |
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I watch weatherwoman and I don't want her to be invisible at all. |
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Dress her in a chroma-key blouse to show a high pressure front. |
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I want a weatherman who is not only semi-transparent, but also has been digitally treated with that 'gel' effect that Apple are so fond of. |
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Chromakey suit, exposing the face, the hands, and 1 or 2 of their favorite body parts (since most are doing this for carreer advancement based on how they look). |
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Clever idea. One of those where the title was all that was needed. |
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Umm... "King of the hill" (animation series for older people) |
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If the map was projected, it could be done in a low-tech way, and in fact could probably have been done for as long as there have been TV broadcasts. |
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I've never understood why all those charts and maps are necessary, anyway. No one used that stuff when they're giving weather reports on the radio and I think we all understand what's going on just fine. But if you like looking at the weather lady, that's a different story, I guess. |
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Michael Fish is feeling a little diaphenous (link). |
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That's cool, [wags], he looks like a ghost. The haunted weather report. |
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Thanks [Mach]. That's my first illustration. |
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