BBC Sport Football – Virtual Sets, Part 1 of 4

Alex Scott seated in the new virtual set design for BBC Sport's, Football Focus. Alex is seated in front of a trophy cabinet, presenting a story accompanied by video footage being displayed in a screen to her right.

2023 was a very busy year for me. One of the most high profile projects I delivered, was a suite of virtual sets for BBC Sport’s football coverage. Designed with Toby Kalitowski, and built in Unreal Engine, powered by Zero Density’s Reality Engine, we created designs for Match of the Day, Football Focus, Final Score and Match of the Day 2. The separate spaces are contained within a single virtual building, but each space is dressed and lit to suit the different characteristics of each show. The first of these shows, Football Focus, is a magazine style format, comprising interviews, reviews, previews and discussions about the weeks football and footballing topics.

Football Focus

Wide view of the new virtual set, designed and built for BBC Sports Football Focus show.
Football Focus Virtual Set
Wide view of the Football Focus virtual set, showing presenter Alex Scott, seated at a coffee table , and joined by three guests.
Football Focus Virtual Set
Wide view of the Football Focus virtual set, dressing room version. This image shows presenter Alex Scott, seated at on a bench in a changing room style area , and joined by three guests.
Football Focus Virtual Set – “Changing Room” Setup

This virtual set design is now featured on the new Lightwell website – https://www.lightwell.tv/case-studies/bbc-football-virtual-sets

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