Virtual Set for CNA’s Asia First

Virtual set design for Singapore's CNA Asia First news bulletins

A selection of images showing our virtual set for Mediacorp Singapore’s CNA Asia First news bulletins. Launched in Spring 2024, this design replaced the previous version, also by Lightwell, but marked Mediacorp’s first use of Unreal Engine powered by Viz 5.

Asia First is the morning edition of the CNA news and to differentiate this time slot, we employed an orange accented lighting scheme, coupled with a low, warm sun angle. A day time and night version of the lighting were also supplied, and made use of red accent lights to compliment the exterior lighting dictated by the photographic backdrops.

Virtual set design for Singapore's CNA Asia First news bulletins

In a departure from our previous design, the real studio ceiling has been masked and replaced by a virtual extension into a double height, architectural volume. This change allowed for the introduction of taller, portrait format screens to studio. These screens accomodate news graphics and remote guest videos, and can be used individually, in pairs, or groups of three. The grid structure of the virtual glass floor in the mid-ground region of the set provides a visual track, along which the screens can be arranged and organised.

Virtual set design for Singapore's CNA Asia First news bulletins
Virtual set design for Singapore's CNA Asia First news bulletins
Virtual set design for Singapore's CNA Asia First news bulletins

This virtual set is now featured on the new Lightwell website: https://www.lightwell.tv/case-studies/cna-singapore

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