New Look Neighbours

Hmm, does sound a bit un-Walford I suppose!!

(Edited by Conrad at 11:39 pm on Dec. 8, 2001)

Off Topic, but Emmerdale is recorded in 14:9 Protected mode, hence it is made to be broadcast like this. But I'm not keen, as it reduces the picture quality. They should just leave it alone; SMG does I believe...

Anyway, back to Neighbours.....

I think actually when they were made they were produced in 16:9 so as to be ready for when Aus went digital on the 1st of Jan 2001. When we had the H&A catchup programme earlier on this year on (5) that had newly shot scene's in it which we're in 16:9, and full 16:9 titles were used, which were not just a stretched / cropped version - there was extra bits at the side.

Cheers,

Yes, all H&A episodes from January 2001 onwards have been shot in 16:9, as was the catchup episode, although zoomed in 4:3 scenes were edited in, and IIRC, they did a zoom in on the 4:3 opening credits to make them 16:9 for the special episode.

The closing titles of 2001 episodes were totally re-shot in 16:9. The opening titles were not re-shot. The first part with the wave and the recap have been stretched horizontally - you can see ovals rather than circles - then the scrolling right to left part is basically unaffected since it's a long panning shot really, just that you see a bigger section. Chances are they'll be revamped properly next year.

I dont. My fave theme is the original 1985 music and titles. I'm still searching for a copy of the original titles and credits. No luck yet.

(Edited by james2001 at 1:49 pm on Dec. 9, 2001)

Does anyone have the short lived eastenders theme tune.

If so e-mail me on walter_mcculloch@btinternet.com

ITVs 14:9 digital crop annoys me. I either watch them via ananlogue or watch the ITV2 repeats as they dont use the 14:9 crop. I wonder why Coronation Street doesnt use the 14:9 crop. Too popular probabally. Its not as bad as BBC though- at least with ITV you can see the 4:3 version, with BBC you cant.
Its strange that the Oz saops went 16:9 for digital, but in The UK, EastEnders, Brookside and The Bill didnt go 16:9 till 1999, Family Affirs didnt till late october, Emmerdale and Corrie are still waiting 3 years later. Coroantion street needs new titles (not new music though) cos these ones have been in use for over 11 years!

(Edited by james2001 at 1:53 pm on Dec. 9, 2001)

There was a full three minute version on TV Forum when it was tvhome.co.uk/forum but that has long since vanished.

I quite liked it, used to have it, got deleted. want again.

I have end titles from 1992!

Do you have any capture software? Can you help? Can you send me a video copy? Id be grateful! Also, has anyone got the titles and credits from 1985-1990 as they had 2 versions. 1985-1990 was shot on film and credits used full 2 minute theme, 1990-1993 videotaped and credits used a shortened theme. Id love it if anyone could help.



(Edited by james2001 at 4:05 pm on Dec. 9, 2001)

Check your e-mail mate -- you'll be laughing!! I got in contact with Keith Musselwhite (KeithM) last month, and he sent me a CD-R copy of the full 3-min Jazzy theme!! Nice fella! Where's he gone now?? (I'm loosing hope about James Hadfield's EastEnders copies! )

EDIT: Oh, and for the rest of you 'orrible lot, I've uploaded it too!

http://www.sh006b1554.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/eastenders1993full_audio.zip

Asa, how about this to add to Sound Central??

Conrad

(Edited by Conrad at 6:58 pm on Dec. 9, 2001)

Neighbours has seriously gone down the pan these past 3 months. Infact it god so bad in October, I stopped watching it altogether, after 3 years and 5 months ( Hurray! ).

What annoys me is the way they just can't keep the titles the same for a few years, without making big adjustments. Do you see EastEnders change their titles every 18 months or so? No. The only thing they've ever changed is the music to become more modern, the view of London two times, and the text presentation at the end, whereas Neighbours have changed their titles more times than Osama Bin Laden would think about coming out from hiding in Afghanistan!

Click here for all of the opening titles, right from when Neighbours first began. You'll have to click on the links to be taken to a page which shows some pictures of the titles, before actually clicking to download a sample in RealPlayer format.