Making Light Of It All
It's funny how a few coloured lights can transform a location. I was leaning over the balcony at Pacific Quay this morning, looking at the set-up for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scotland's environmental debate programme. It's similar to the layout we use for Brian Taylor's Big Debate programme on the radio, but when the cameras appear then so, too, do the lighting experts.
Editor John Boothman told me how a few carefully placed lights on the adjoining stairwells can give the TV picture the illusion of depth. To my eye it looked rather splendid...with the pink and purple glow adding a festive feeling to our working environment. Of course I kept that thought to myself in case John thought I wasn't taking TV production seriously enough.
Later I was on Santa duty myself, delivering presents to family members in Craigend, in the east end of Glasgow. If you travel on the M8 you'll be familiar with the big concrete water towers that dominate the skyline out that way. Eyesores by day, perhaps, but at night they are illuminated with a slowly changing sequence of colours.
I used to tell my children that these towers were used by Buzz Lightyear as his base when he was in Scotland. I wonder if they still believe that.
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