[Afamilyatwar-list] Tech Query

[Scott Filderman]

I tend to be sensitive to such production glitches as boom shadows, booms dripping into the frame, inadequate lens focusing, rips, tears, bad edits.
I’m watching Series One, Episode 12, the scene with Peter and his mother, at the 32:35 point, there is something alongside the sofa. It’s light brown, and I thought it was a cat, perhaps playing. But no: it appears to be a long “something” with its right-hand end flipping up, and it makes a slight slapping sound. It lasts for just a few seconds. It has nothing to do with the foreground scene; nothing is moving on the set, only the camera, whose huge shadow is apparent ( yes, they were big in those days).
What IS it??? One of those Doctor Who thingies that sent children hiding behind the sofa? Goodness! You don’t suppose...?


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