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CY
cylon6
Those Switch ads are annoying and do my head in, and with the clips don't exactly make it look like must see TV.
MA
Markymark
Jugalug posted:

As for the people looking out for such issues, I imagine they would be aware of such a trailer so would know it was a deliberate effect rather than an actual problem.


Errr no, I'm afraid that's not the case. My wife looked at me and asked whether our PVR was broken when the trailer appeared, and she's married to a broadcast engineer Smile.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
If you're going to make it look like you're breaking into transmission there are classier ways to do it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PceKfRb4Vc&feature=related
IS
Inspector Sands
Jugalug posted:
As for the people looking out for such issues, I imagine they would be aware of such a trailer so would know it was a deliberate effect rather than an actual problem.


Even if you are aware, it's still distracting especially if you see it out of the corner of your eye, it's a natural reaction

There was a trail going out where I work a while back which was made up with deliberate video faults. It was showing for a while but it still attracted my attention and almost reaching for the phone every time it aired!
NT
NorthTonight
Just caught a clip of Windows as the ident after The Politics Show on BBC One Scotland.
CH
Chie
Caught the end of Merlin this afternoon just before Points of View, and noticed something a little bit odd about the credits. There is a crew based here and a crew based in France. Ours are titled 'UK Crew', while they're titled 'French Crew'.

I wonder what's so wrong with 'British Crew'?
JO
Joe
Quote:
I wonder what's so wrong with 'British Crew'?

What's wrong with UK crew?
CH
Chie
Jugalug posted:
What's wrong with UK crew?


'UK' doesn't mean anything though, does it?

I've thought for a while now that given the choice the BBC would rather rename itself UKBC, because 'British' is now a dirty word.

I can just imagine the production team sitting down at some pointless strategy meeting and deciding that because some members of the crew might not identify as British, they must be credited as simply living in a two-letter acronym.

While France is happily given the title of 'French Crew' Rolling Eyes
IS
Isonstine Founding member
Chie posted:
Jugalug posted:
What's wrong with UK crew?


'UK' doesn't mean anything though, does it?

I've thought for a while now that given the choice the BBC would rather rename itself UKBC, because 'British' is now a dirty word.

I can just imagine the production team sitting down at some pointless strategy meeting and deciding that because some members of the crew might not identify as British, they must be credited as simply living in a two-letter acronym.

While France is happily given the title of 'French Crew' Rolling Eyes


To quote Mr Oddie:

"You must get your news from the Daily Mail."
JO
Joe
Indeed.
Quote:
'UK' doesn't mean anything though, does it?

I've thought for a while now that given the choice the BBC would rather rename itself UKBC, because 'British' is now a dirty word.

I can just imagine the production team sitting down at some pointless strategy meeting and deciding that because some members of the crew might not identify as British, they must be credited as simply living in a two-letter acronym.

While France is happily given the title of 'French Crew'

I don't understand. "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain", from Wikipedia.
CH
Chie
Jugalug posted:
I don't understand. "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain", from Wikipedia.


Correct. And the people from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are British.
JO
Joe
I still don't follow.

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