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But isn't the point of Casualty to show fictitious characters in real-life situations?
DB
It's a soap, yes. But it depends on what feeling they want for the show. Just like Hollyoaks is about real-life situations but it has a filmic effect to make it look dramatic/artistic..
tvarksouthwest posted:
But isn't the point of Casualty to show fictitious characters in real-life situations?
It's a soap, yes. But it depends on what feeling they want for the show. Just like Hollyoaks is about real-life situations but it has a filmic effect to make it look dramatic/artistic..
TV
But my point is the only thing it does for the show is make it look silly. Drama has to be there in the first place, you can't airbrush it on. It does nothing for Hollyoaks (proven back in 2001 when an episode was broadcast with certain scenes untreated). and Family Affairs eventually did the right thing by switching to untreated VT.
Drama can only be determined by the script and the action. After all, it's hardly possible to add artificial visual effects to a stage play.
Drama can only be determined by the script and the action. After all, it's hardly possible to add artificial visual effects to a stage play.
PA
Aren't all dramas bar the soaps in the UK filmised though? And everything in America?
tvarksouthwest posted:
But my point is the only thing it does for the show is make it look silly. Drama has to be there in the first place, you can't airbrush it on. It does nothing for Hollyoaks (proven back in 2001 when an episode was broadcast with certain scenes untreated). and Family Affairs eventually did the right thing by switching to untreated VT.
Drama can only be determined by the script and the action. After all, it's hardly possible to add artificial visual effects to a stage play.
Drama can only be determined by the script and the action. After all, it's hardly possible to add artificial visual effects to a stage play.
Aren't all dramas bar the soaps in the UK filmised though? And everything in America?
TV
Yet Diana Kyle, the series producer (and guess what visual change she made to Grange Hill when she was the producer?) insists it has been "positively received".
Nice to know our licence fee is keeping Alastair Campbell in work.
Nice to know our licence fee is keeping Alastair Campbell in work.
GS
There is no "right" or "wrong" way. It is a creative decision taken by the director/producer/DoP. It may suit some programmes more than others, but that doesn't mean there are any hard and fast rules.
The advent of HD recordings shot and post-produced to give 25fps motion allows more directors to make that creative choice, where previously it was a question of budget. Its got nothing to do with the Americans. Your "nitty gritty' garbage is nothing but an insult to some fine televison directors in this country.
WRONG!
You obviously have no clue what effects can be done in the theatre by lighting, projection and other practical effects - if you had you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself by making such a comment.
Seriously Simon, what you don't know could fill a warehouse and yet you are one of the most vocal people on this board - first to complain about everything.
Give it a rest.
Gavin Scott
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tvarksouthwest posted:
But my point is the only thing it does for the show is make it look silly. Drama has to be there in the first place, you can't airbrush it on. It does nothing for Hollyoaks (proven back in 2001 when an episode was broadcast with certain scenes untreated). and Family Affairs eventually did the right thing by switching to untreated VT.
There is no "right" or "wrong" way. It is a creative decision taken by the director/producer/DoP. It may suit some programmes more than others, but that doesn't mean there are any hard and fast rules.
The advent of HD recordings shot and post-produced to give 25fps motion allows more directors to make that creative choice, where previously it was a question of budget. Its got nothing to do with the Americans. Your "nitty gritty' garbage is nothing but an insult to some fine televison directors in this country.
Quote:
Drama can only be determined by the script and the action. After all, it's hardly possible to add artificial visual effects to a stage play.
WRONG!
You obviously have no clue what effects can be done in the theatre by lighting, projection and other practical effects - if you had you wouldn't have embarrassed yourself by making such a comment.
Seriously Simon, what you don't know could fill a warehouse and yet you are one of the most vocal people on this board - first to complain about everything.
Give it a rest.