
take me to church.
Rule #1 of Producing:
When a big story happens, you go BIG.
And they don’t get much bigger - or more historic - than a papal conclave.
Of course, neither the Catholic Church - nor the NBC accountants - would let us send the anchors to Vatican City to cover the story from the Sistine Chapel.
So we did the next best thing —
We brought the Sistine Chapel to 30 Rock, with the help of some technical wizardry from NBC News’ Artworks and Virtual Reality Production teams.
What resulted is a masterpiece that might even impress Michelangelo.