Old thread had been archived and couldn't find anyone mentioning last night's one shot episode and was wondering what people thought of it?
I just got round to watching it and apart from those irritating 2 teenage girls I was very impressed by how well it worked in one shot. I was expecting there to be a massive lack of narrative due to the logistics of such a shoot but they did a good job of keeping a strong narrative throughout.
As I said; I look forward to seeing what everyone else thought.
Yes, technically very impressive - some clever stuff there, such as near the beginning of the episode when going down a rectangular staircase inside the burning house, with the cameraman going off where the bannister should be at the top (presumably on a ladder or something) and then backing down at the bottom into the downstairs of the house, all whilst the paramedic is actually using the stairs.
As others have said a fairly average storyline. The whole thing with Duffy showing two girls around the department made it feel a bit like a red button special where viewers get to be 'in' the story by taking part from the position of the cameraman.
I wasn't that impressed to be honest and I usually love Casualty. It felt drawn out. The story was a bit naff and the gaps in dialogue were cringey. The camera going all over made me feel a bit giddy and the acting, ropey in places. I, for one, hope they don't do it again as it didn't work for me.
I too noticed those. Like they used some software to try overcome actual vibration in the shot but in my eyes made it look worse.
You don't know how bad it would have looked without the stabilisation.
Certainly more of a technical feat than a narrative one. And it was two shots, not one - one before the titles and one after. More fake news (well, drama) from the BBC!
I too noticed those. Like they used some software to try overcome actual vibration in the shot but in my eyes made it look worse.
You don't know how bad it would have looked without the stabilisation.
Fair Point. I guess my thinking was, it's showing a busy rushed hospital ward so a bit of a jolt wouldn't have felt misplaced rather than the stretched/disfigured effect we saw.
Technically it was impressive, though the CGI rubble in the blast pre-titles looked blatantly computer generated.
As someone who hasn't really watched it in years it was interesting to see how the current set allowed them to go from outside to inside and onto the first floor. Elements such as going from first floor to ground floor, and also going between wards before showing a glass partition where the camera operator had just walked through were clever. I suspect the two girls felt were a plot device to limit the action to being only at Holby City for most of the episode, as well as being able to show different areas of the 'building' and different people.