[Afamilyatwar-list] Tech Query

[Brian Renforth]

Hello John Finch,

To receive any feedback is wonderful, but to receive such feedback from the creator and writer of one of, if not the best TV programmes ever made leaves me feeling quite emotional.

We salute you Sir and thank you.

Sincerely,
Brian Renforth

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From: John Finch via Afamilyatwar-list<mailto:afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu>
Sent: ‎07/‎04/‎2018 17:06
To: afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu<mailto:afamilyatwar-list at baylor.edu>; William Murphy<mailto:lobsanghoskins at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Afamilyatwar-list] Tech Query

On 2018-04-07 17:28, William Murphy via Afamilyatwar-list wrote:
> I worked on the last two series of The Onedin Line (music) in 1979-80,
> and was present at all the studio recording sessions. Studio noise and
> "funnies" creeping into shot were persistent problems. Absolutely
> everybody, regardless of function or position, was encouraged to call
> "boom in shot" or anything else appropriate if they saw something; it
> gave me a tendency to keep one eye fixed on the top of the frame that
> I have never lost. A particularly annoying noise was cable swish from
> the cameras, which then trailed enormous thick cables behind them;
> talkback leak was another one. Worst of all, however, were the
> directors who would merrily chirp "we'll get it out in the mix" when
> something was pointed out, rather than re-shooting. This meant that
> sometimes literally hours of dubbing time would be lost trying to lose
> (genuine example) "What's on your sandwich?" between two lines of
> script. We once spent nearly two hours trying to repair a non-period
> plastic "clunk" when James Onedin plonked a plastic decanter down on a
> table, with me and the director (the wonderful, much-lamented Gerald
> Blake) Foleying around with a real glass decanter as the scene came
> around, and around, and around ...
>
> Happy days.
>
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>  FROM: Brian Renforth via Afamilyatwar-list
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> Scott Filderman <scottfilderman at yahoo.com>
> SENT: Saturday, April 7, 2018 8:24 AM
> SUBJECT: Re: [Afamilyatwar-list] Tech Query
>
> I've just had a look. There a shadow, a tapping sound then part of the
> rug flips over, probably unnoticed by the two actors and no doubt the
> majority of viewers, myself included! It's what makes older television
> programmes enjoyable, the work that went into them in addition to
> excellent acting. In general they're like outstanding theatre
> performances' preserved on tape with added filmed sequences. It was
> magic. Modern Tele looks artificial and diluted in comparison.
>
> I've noticed while the picture quality on most scenes is stunning, on
> a few more distant scenes there's colour fringing not unlike an old
> colour TV set that hadn't been converged properly (separate Red, Green
> and Blue images converged together, then setting up the grey scale to
> give equal emission of the three guns to produce a perfect black and
> white image. This is before adding the actual colour information!).
>
> You've probably noticed the Granada logo differs in size too.
> Basically this was achieved by pointing the camera at a card!
>
> On a later black and white episode of Thames TV's, "Special Branch"
> this was clearly made using colour equipment and VT machine. One of
> the cameras gave a slight green tint to the whites, the other mauve!
>
> Reading the Doctor Who restoration team's blog, although their work on
> the older black and white episodes are wonderful I became concerned by
> reading about the removal of production flaws such as an, "Occasional
> cough" from a lighting technician on their  "restored" versions of
> surviving 2" masters' of later stories. I've personally never heard
> these production flaws so they must have very sensitive hearing. To
> "correct" these is interfering with history in my view. However, my
> interest in Doctor Who declined rapidly following the first Jon
> Pertwee season so I'm unlikely to buy them anyway.
>
> Cheers
> Brian
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone
>
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>  From: Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list
> Sent: ‎06/‎04/‎2018 23:22
> To: Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list
> Subject: [Afamilyatwar-list] Tech Query
>
> 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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Hi,   Am stunned by the knowledgeable comments of various members of the
group.  I hope the current programme members are listenening.  JF
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