Originally posted by kernelbogey
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Richard Tarleton
It's an interesting question, though. What do you do when putting a programme together? How do you (for example) present WWI footage, which is silent? The sound effects are conjectural and approximate. We mostly don't have contemporary recordings, and these are not up to much when we do. Do you have more added sound effects, or more words, or periods of silence? I agree that music in wildlife programmes is often overdone, but - again - silence or sound effects? Ambient sound - "wildtrack" - in the jargon - is not recorded at the time but added afterwards. With the Blue Planet series, apart from words, there would be a lot of water, splashing or (underwater) silence, if we left it to what was actually happening. (On the radio, of course, you can't have silence - if it goes on too long, it triggers the nuclear alert at Broadcasting House ) Experiments with "slow TV" which rely on ambient sound are...slow.
In brief - I don't mind background music
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI despair that producers on both tv and radio seem convinced that we are unable to take in the spoken word - or perhaps stick with their programme - without shedloads of 'background' music."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Richard Tarleton
I repeat - what do you have in its place? Ambient sound only (which is recorded separately anyway) or a lot more script. If you're out in the wild yourself of course it's different, but on the television screen it's....odd. We already have, by way of comparison, the last ten minutes of the Attenborough-type wildlife doc on the BBC where we find out how they did it - cameraman talking, producer muttering, etc......
There is another type of wildlife doc on the Beeb - where they go mob-handed to Burma, Bhutan or wherever to film everything - there, we have a lot of Gordon Buchanan, George McGavin, Justine Evans, Steve Backshall and co talking a lot about what they and we are seeing, in excited tones.....
With a bit of professional insight into how these things are made, I can see the problems......
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostI repeat - what do you have in its place? Ambient sound only (which is recorded separately anyway) or a lot more script. I"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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In the case of '100 Days to Victory' the music merely served to distract from everything else that was going on. I'm perfectly capable of reacting to what's on the screen without heavy-handed help from soaring strings. My enjoyment of 'Blue Planet 2' was seriously marred by Mr (Herr?) Zimmer's contribution.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostRecommended viewing: '54 Hours - The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis'. Top-rate 2-part German production based on a real-life incident (mind you, 'incident' scarcely does justice to what happened). Part 1 2100-2230 on BBC 4 last night with Part 2 next Saturday.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostCrumbs! I'll say - unbelievable incompetence, lack of communication (literally!) and missed opportunities. Last week's episode had elements of farce - distinctly darker for the conclusion. Harrowing stuff.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostI thought so, yes. A bit "seen this sort of thing before", but done well.
Is anyone watching the wilfully obscure but fascinating Black Earth Rising? Finishes tomorrow. Informer excellent (Tuesday)- Paddy Considine talks about being diagnosed in his thirties with Asperger's in yesterday's Times. And....looking forward to seeing how they do The Little Drummer Girl, starts tonight.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostRecommended viewing: '54 Hours - The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis'. Top-rate 2-part German production based on a real-life incident (mind you, 'incident' scarcely does justice to what happened). Part 1 2100-2230 on BBC 4 last night with Part 2 next Saturday.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostIs anyone watching the wilfully obscure but fascinating Black Earth Rising? Finishes tomorrow.
While I have huge admiration for Hugo Blick being credited as writer, director and producer, I wonder whether such a combination of roles results in a lack of creative tension, leading to obscurity.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostI have been hooked, despite the plot's obscurities, not least by the mesmerising performance of Michaela Coel as Kate. I hope, though not without reservation, that the threads will be pulled comprehendingly together in the final episode.
While I have huge admiration for Hugo Blick being credited as writer, director and producer, I wonder whether such a combination of roles results in a lack of creative tension, leading to obscurity.
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