OT Television Production

JohnP · 2021-02-07T18:21:33+00:00

A couple of things intrugue me about TV production:1. How are the backgrounds and floor effects done on shows like Dancing on Ice and Who wants to be a Millionaire. If projected, why don't the presenters get in the way?2. When cutting from one scene (in a drama) do they often cut to the new sound - ahead of the picture? I suppose it is for some artistic reason - but I can't appreciate it.Incidentally - If you never watch TV, There is no need to tell us.

Feb 07, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 42 Replies

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Dave Plowman (News 5 years ago

Yes - you could run it up from a still frame. Rank made a commercial version. Only snag being the sound still took several seconds to become stable.

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JNugent 5 years ago

All interesting stuff.

Thanks.

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Vir Campestris 5 years ago

Many many years ago I got the loan of a little gadget for computer tapes. It was basically a little jar with a flat bottom and a suspension of iron oxide. It would settle quite nicely onto the old half-inch tapes.

That was when I was writing backup software for mainframes.

Andy

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