I can't say I'm that impressed with the visual effects in these promos, yes fire and explosions seem practical and nice enough but the finer detail, the electrical sparking and outline on the "xray" are shoddy at best. I'm guessing some of this is more in house than at The Mill now?
I can't say I'm that impressed with the visual effects in these promos, yes fire and explosions seem practical and nice enough but the finer detail, the electrical sparking and outline on the "xray" are shoddy at best. I'm guessing some of this is more in house than at The Mill now?
I wonder if it's meant to be stylised? BBC Marketing seem to have some odd ideas about what looks good. Think of the washed out photos of The Apprentice contestants every bloody year.
I wonder if its a coincidence that it begins on Saturday 23rd, or if it was specifically planned to be on the 50 years and 9 months anniversary......?
In any case, you could have pointed out that Saturday 23rd August is the only Saturday 23rd this year, or made out that the nine months means that the
Doctor will have a baby in the first episode in a Tumblr-inspired twist.
So found the title cover which I can safely post here... But 24fps.. really? That seems odd to me, 25p makes sense, 24p, not so much as its really not a UK standard, or indeed a TV standard at all, films maybe.
According to the story they were being sent for translation for Latin American audiences, so I'd assume they are transcripts rather than scripts.
It may be that they do the opposite of PAL speed-up for broadcast in the US, in which case 24fps would be (sort of) correct. 23.976fps (with 2/3 pulldown to 60i) is still the drama standard in the US. That'd make the real UK running time 76 minutes, so who knows.
Looking at them (yes I found them) they're final picture locked scripts so they're verbatim what we'll see. It seems the first ep is feature length hence its 24 filmic look, the rest go back to the usual 45min duration.
Amusing though how many doubted their authenticity until the BBC comes along and tells people not to look for them, that's just a rag to the bull, I wouldn't have even know about the leak if they didn't issue a press release about it.
It seems the first ep is feature length hence its 24 filmic look, the rest go back to the usual 45min duration.
The duration wouldn't have anything do with the "look" - all the episodes will have undoubtedly been shot at 25fps as always.
The last series of Torchwood was shot at 24fps as it was a joint US-UK production, and the only difference on broadcast here at 50i was that frames got a bit blurred together (enough to annoy the pants off a videophile, if not your average viewer).
