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PE
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Aston posted:
Hymagumba posted:
Aston posted:
Well, to be fair the most important part of a programme for me is the actual content, not the titles or the credits.

By shrinking the credits it means that the presenters get more time to talk to the audience and set competitions etc.

You'll notice that most CBBC produced programmes have their credits over to one side of the screen, meaning that the other half can be used to go back to the CBBC studio and trail what's coming up. This allows the credits to remain full sized.


indeed they do. Then they go and shrink them down into the tiny box instead of using the design properly.


Does it matter? I don't think many people on the production teams mind that much to be fair...


Well many people like to read the cast list at any rate but you don't even get that now.

The problem I have is them going to the trouble of making an ECP template and then not using the bloody thing. It's stupid.
AS
Aston
Hymagumba posted:
The problem I have is them going to the trouble of making an ECP template and then not using the bloody thing. It's stupid.


Oh, I totally agree with you there, an example of that is Neighbours. Interrupted by the war apparently, they seem reluctant to go to the effort and simply "sqeeze" the things. It looks really unprofessional IMHO...
WE
Westy2
Digifiend posted:
BillyH posted:
a promo for the new Spiderman series coming soon
New my foot! It's the 1960s one! Fox Kids have the right to the more recent stuff as Saban (and now Buena Vista, who like Fox Kids are owned by Disney) makes Marvel programmes.


Is that the one C4's been showing on Saturday mornings?

(Spiderman, Spiderman. Does whatever a spider can, etc etc )
JB
JB
Aston posted:
Well, to be fair the most important part of a programme for me is the actual content, not the titles or the credits.

By shrinking the credits it means that the presenters get more time to talk to the audience and set competitions etc.

You'll notice that most CBBC produced programmes have their credits over to one side of the screen, meaning that the other half can be used to go back to the CBBC studio and trail what's coming up. This allows the credits to remain full sized.


The only one I see them doing that regularly is Kerching, but I'm surprised they do as there isn't much room on the left, and then when you take into account viewers watching on 4:3 zoom it's very narrow indeed.

Something that annoys me is when they shrink Tracy Beaker's credits - you can see that they've tried their best to make them interesting to kids but each time they're shrunk.
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A former member
Westy2 posted:
Digifiend posted:
BillyH posted:
a promo for the new Spiderman series coming soon
New my foot! It's the 1960s one! Fox Kids have the right to the more recent stuff as Saban (and now Buena Vista, who like Fox Kids are owned by Disney) makes Marvel programmes.


Is that the one C4's been showing on Saturday mornings?

(Spiderman, Spiderman. Does whatever a spider can, etc etc )
Yep!

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