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JA
Jake
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
The breakdown slides and announcer wouldn't have been anything to do with Red Bee. The policy had long been (way back when it was all done in house) that playout only accept whole finished programmes, they don't add elements or do stuff to the programme as it goes out. So if you want some fake continuity, then it has to be part of the programme.

Presumably they worlds with the appropriate BBC department (whichever it is these days) to co-ordinate getting the slide and the correct announcer.


Nice touch that Beccy Wright was credited as part of the cast at the end of the show.

In fairness, why wouldn't she be?
WH
Whataday Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
I'm not sure what scoring music is but I don't remember the being any music... which is the sign of good incidental music I suppose


Live Scoring just means playing live along with the show - it happens quite a bit with films now, where they hold a screening in an arena and an orchestra plays live along with it.

There was incidental music during the show within the show, and then the breakdown music at the end, all played live.
EL
elmarko
https://twitter.com/birobasher/status/1056835207897247745?s=20

Announcer chat in this thread.
WH
Whataday Founding member
On iPlayer the episode includes the BBC 2 ident with continuity announcement, which suggests it was a part of the programme (it ends with clean credits). I expect it will appear that way when it is released on DVD also.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Jake posted:
Steve in Pudsey posted:

Nice touch that Beccy Wright was credited as part of the cast at the end of the show.

In fairness, why wouldn't she be?


I don't disagree, just not something you see every day.
MA
mapperuo
I wonder what the plan was if the circuit from the studios actually did fail. I suspect BBC2 controllers had a very detailed script they followed when monitoring?
IS
Inspector Sands
Would have been interesting (reminds me of the fire alarm scene in Fawlty Towers) it might have been that there was a copy of the dress rehearsal running in sync
MA
Markymark
Inspector Sands posted:
Whataday posted:
I'm reliably informed that it was nearly all live, and what's even more remarkable is that even the music was scored live.

I saw that elsewhere earlier along with a group photo of the production team and crew. It really needs a 'how it was made' feature or article.

I'm not sure what scoring music is but I don't remember the being any music... which is the sign of good incidental music I suppose


There was, in fact if I hadn't known in advance (I watched it last night, after reading this thread) I would have had my suspicions raised by the first 'audio failure'. Reece started talking (with no sound) while the music was still fading away.
LL
Larry the Loafer
noggin posted:
Yes. Live programmes are normally expected to warn Playout if their show contains periods of black, colour bars, simulated spooling, fake interference effects, un-expected black and white sequences, periods of silence or tone etc., during line-up if not before.


I came across a clip on YouTube ages ago that was from a master tape of Star Trek TNG. The countdown clock or whatever it was that preceded it contained a message explaining the first scene included picture interference that was part of the episode, and the playout people shouldn't worry that the tape was damaged.

I've tried finding that clip since with no success. It's a shame as it's quite fascinating.
BR
Brekkie
Did the nations have a network breakdown slide then?
MA
Markymark
Brekkie posted:
Did the nations have a network breakdown slide then?


It would have been immensely complicated if they hadn't
SP
Steve in Pudsey
I don't know... would the nations pres areas have had access to a feed of production talkback? Easy enough for the director to cue them to cut to the breakdown slide (keeping network audio) just before the studio does and then to come back once the network one is off. Even if the timings were off glimpses of the network breakdown slide before the appropriate nation takes over are not unknown.

But yeah, probably more trouble than it was worth.

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