Liked his link out of the Corrie earthquake scene:
"And it really was an earthquake. Measured 2.8 on the Reichter scale, cracked a mile-long stretch of the A6144..... and sent ripples across the top of Betty's hotpot." <laughter> Class!
The table tennis players and shrinking tables clip was ace too...
It's not just 4:3 stuff that they're cropping to widescreen, though they really don't have much choice as I'd guess the majority of stuff is in 14:9 already, just the odd old or foreign clips that need that kind of cropping. But with some clips they're taking cropping to another level, cropping out channel logos and programme graphics like on the clip from GMTV.
It's not just 4:3 stuff that they're cropping to widescreen, though they really don't have much choice as I'd guess the majority of stuff is in 14:9 already, just the odd old or foreign clips that need that kind of cropping. But with some clips they're taking cropping to another level, cropping out channel logos and programme graphics like on the clip from GMTV.
Why would the footage be in 14:9? it would be supplied to them in 4:3. It's the producers that are hacking it apart to an unwathcable mess- who's want to watch a programme with 25% of the picture missing?
And made at Meridian too, I noticed on the closing endcaps.
Denis Norden must make a packet from from his fuel expense claims from these return trips from London to Northam and back when doing Laughter Files and Alright on the Nights!
I thought I saw (c) LWT 2003 on the credits? Missed the endcap though.
Yep; LWT produced it, but it was recorded at Northam Studios in Southampton - this also happened with the last few Alright on the Nights as well. I think this is down to two things - cost and availability of studios, as Northam is owned by Granada themselves while South Bank is owned by LNN.
I also remember seeing the credits on one of the Alrights as being recorded at 360media in Manchester.
It's not just 4:3 stuff that they're cropping to widescreen, though they really don't have much choice as I'd guess the majority of stuff is in 14:9 already, just the odd old or foreign clips that need that kind of cropping. But with some clips they're taking cropping to another level, cropping out channel logos and programme graphics like on the clip from GMTV.
Why would the footage be in 14:9? it would be supplied to them in 4:3. It's the producers that are hacking it apart to an unwathcable mess- who's want to watch a programme with 25% of the picture missing?
It's not just 4:3 stuff that they're cropping to widescreen, though they really don't have much choice as I'd guess the majority of stuff is in 14:9 already, just the odd old or foreign clips that need that kind of cropping. But with some clips they're taking cropping to another level, cropping out channel logos and programme graphics like on the clip from GMTV.
Why would the footage be in 14:9? it would be supplied to them in 4:3. It's the producers that are hacking it apart to an unwathcable mess- who's want to watch a programme with 25% of the picture missing?
Why are they doing this?
Well the other option is to shrink the picture and stick black bars either side of it as well as the top and bottom.
There's only two choices when converting 4:3 to widescreen and I have to say I prefer the former.
Would you rather the programme flick constantly between 4:3 and widescreen throughout? That's not really practical is it?
I liked the Blair and Bush sing song, was also funny to see Richard Whitely appear yet again on an outtake show.
As for the cropping I agree with the comments above. How can they say those QVC and Ideal World clips with half the writing cut off were 14:9 safe. The method they used before was much better so why change it.
