Editing Eurovision Song Contest 1963 (section)

== Production and format ==
The production mode was unusual in comparison with other Eurovision Song Contests: In contrast to most previous and following editions which were filmed in concert halls or theatres, the staging of 1963 was done in television studios.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Pajala |first=Mari |title=The Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural phenomenon : from concert halls to the halls of academia |publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-03-203774-5 |editor-last=Dubin |editor-first=Adam |location=London |page=192 |chapter=The Eurovision Song Contest and European television history: continuity, adaption, experimentation |doi=10.4324/9781003188933-16 |oclc=1296690839 |editor-last2=Vuletic |editor-first2=Dean |editor-last3=Obregón |editor-first3=Antonio}}</ref> Two studios (TC3 and TC4) were used: one for the mistress of ceremonies Katie Boyle, the audience, and the scoreboard (TC3); the other for the performers and the orchestra accompanying them (TC4). Unusually, a boom microphone (normally used for drama and comedy shows) was employed{{snd}}the viewer could not see this, so it appeared as if the artists were miming to their vocals. This was not the case, but this innovation was to create a new look for the contest.<ref name=ESC1963/><ref>{{cite news |title=Françoise Hardy au Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson |trans-title=Françoise Hardy at the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://www.scriptorium.ch/zoom/48965/view?page=49&p=separate&tool=info |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=[[24 heures (Switzerland)|Feuille d'avis de Lausanne]] |date=13 March 1963 |location=[[Lausanne]], Switzerland |page=43 |language=fr |via=[[Scriptorium (website)|Scriptorium]]}}</ref> The use of television studios allowed a broader variety of staging elements not seen before in the contest, and the use of close-ups so to create an atmosphere of intimacy for television viewers.<ref name=":0" />

After the {{escyr|1962||1962 edition}} was the only one to be held on a Sunday, the contest was held on a Saturday again in 1963.