Editing Eurovision Song Contest 2003 (section)

===Graphic design===
The design of the contest was built around the theme "Magical rendez-vous", which represented the meeting of the various European nations coming to Latvia and encountering Latvia's versatile landscapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/868/eurovision_2003_theme_will_be_rendez-vous/|title=Eurovision 2003 theme will be rendez-vous|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=26 November 2002|publisher=ESCToday.com|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101142942/http://esctoday.com/868/eurovision_2003_theme_will_be_rendez-vous/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Decade2003" /> LTV launched a competition in order to find the logo for the contest. At the close of the competition, high interest from the public translated into 204 logo submissions, which were ultimately judged by a jury panel consisting of Uldis-Ivars Grava (general director of LTV), Arvīds Babris (then executive producer of the contest), Ugis Brikmanis (director), Laimonis Šteinbergs (artist), Ingūna Rībena (architect), Arta Giga (LTV representative) and Juhan Paadam (EBU representative).<ref>{{cite web|first=Aija|last=Medinika|title=204 logo propositions for ESC 2003|url=http://www.esctoday.com/760/204_logo_propositions_for_esc_2003/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 November 2002|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031002242/http://esctoday.com/760/204_logo_propositions_for_esc_2003/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 November 2002, LTV and the EBU presented the logo for the contest which was designed by the director of the Computer Graphics Department of LTV, Maris Kalve with further elaboration by LTV's chief artist Kristaps Skulte.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Logo for Eurovision 2003 selected|url=http://www.esctoday.com/783/logo_for_eurovision_2003_selected/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 November 2002|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030232847/http://esctoday.com/783/logo_for_eurovision_2003_selected/|url-status=live}}</ref> The logo was named ''upes'', the Latvian word for rivers, and carried the slogan "All rivers flow toward the sea, all songs flow toward the Eurovision Song Contest".

The postcards shown between the entries were directed by Ugis Brikmanis and featured the artists competing at the contest interacting with Latvia's various landscapes: forests, rivers, lakes and towns. The postcards were recorded during the preceding week of the contest and ran behind schedule, leading to some postcards featuring only footage from the rehearsals and press conferences.<ref name=escinsight>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Jordan|title=What's Another Year? Ten Years On From Riga|url=http://www.escinsight.com/2013/01/11/whats-another-year-ten-years-on-from-riga/|publisher=ESCInsight|date=11 January 2013|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123115556/https://escinsight.com/2013/01/11/whats-another-year-ten-years-on-from-riga/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The stage design was created by Aigars Ozoliņš and based on the concept called Planet Latvia.<ref>{{cite web|first=Sietse|last=Bakker|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 on Planet Latvia|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1438/eurovision_song_contest_2003_on_planet_latvia/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=27 March 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030070046/http://esctoday.com/1438/eurovision_song_contest_2003_on_planet_latvia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=stage>{{cite web|first=Itamar|last=Barak|title=Magical encounter on the Eurovision stage|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1499/magical_encounter_on_the_eurovision_stage/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=7 May 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231221/http://esctoday.com/1499/magical_encounter_on_the_eurovision_stage/|url-status=live}}</ref> The stage used several light and video effects and included an innovation new to the contest – a video screen stage floor that could be used to give each entry a unique look.<ref name=stage/> The green room where the delegations and competitors awaited the results of the contest was placed directly behind the stage and unveiled shortly before the voting portion of the show commenced, allowing the audience to see the representatives of the competing nations as they received points.<ref name=stage22>{{cite web|first=Remi|last=Kübar|title=Details revealed about the stage in May|url=http://www.esctoday.com/1240/details_revealed_about_the_stage_in_may/|publisher=ESCToday.com|date=7 February 2003|access-date=16 November 2013|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109083255/http://esctoday.com/1240/details_revealed_about_the_stage_in_may/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the first time, the scoreboard automatically rearranged itself in descending order as each point was awarded, making it easier for the audience and television viewers to follow the exact progress of the competitors throughout the voting process.