World
Business
Report

World Business Report was a business news programme produced by the BBC and broadcast from the early 1990s until May 7, 2024. As one of BBC News’ longest running outlets, it evolved through a plethora of different title sequences across the years – and I have set out on a goal to accurately recreate as many of them as I possibly can.

Motion Graphics

Recreation

Upscaling


My recreation of the programme’s 2000 titles was completed frame-by-frame in After Effects, using original reference material in a mixture of 4:3, 14:9 and 16:9 aspect ratios. This variation, caused by the transition to widescreen, meant recreating the sequence in detail became rather difficult. Nonetheless, I sought to include all of its quirks, including how the original text and shapes were one frame out of sync with the background footage.

Credits
  • Original Titles – Bill Calder
  • Channel – BBC World/BBC News 24
  • Stock Footage – Pexels

One of my older recreations from 2024, this project was also completed in After Effects, in a similar predicament of original reference material in a mixture of aspect ratios – as is common with legacy media. I was pleased that the final titles were a very close match (bar the footage)!

Credits
  • Original Titles – BBC
  • Channel – BBC World/BBC News 24
  • Stock Images – Pexels