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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 22, 2018 15:48:03 GMT
Hi Richard - I think that those off-screen photos might be the ones by Chris Thompson who was the Production Designer on Evil. These photos were the backbone of a great article and were featured in Richard Bignell's Nothing at the End of the Lane Issue 3.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 20, 2018 15:35:35 GMT
Umm, from re-reading Part 2, I think that each group of recovered frames have come from a roughly 2.5 cm "slightly pie-shaped" cube (for want of a better description - see photo below) laser cut from the reel. Therefore, only 3 frames are continuous if you take my point. Frames from each layer in each cube would have to be sequenced properly in order to be able to view a "continuous" bit of a restored part of the programme (opening, introduction, first sketch). Looking at the size of the cube, they would have to scan the entire outer 2.5 cm edge of the reel first, then ... All of this work must take a huge amount of time to complete, even if some of the algorithm work might be run automatically via a computer programme. It still takes someone to look at, compile these images, etc. etc. This still just boggles my mind. Given that the people are researchers and not film recovery/restoration specialists, I can see why they cannot devote the time to any more at this time. Sadly, like a lot of things, it all comes down to money. Attachments:
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 4, 2018 19:55:49 GMT
You might want to PM Paul Vanezis here as he knew and worked with Patrick Moore -> see 6th post down in this thread: missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/8105/patrick-moore-ripIf you wanted to share the 'relevant' section somehow, I for one would have a look at it. Also, after rereading your first post, I realise that you were visiting Australia, so if you are in the UK perhaps the National Archives or British Library would be a better archival site.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 4, 2018 17:01:47 GMT
Can't help you anymore, but you might try to message David Brunt on FB too. He is a member here, but has not been active in years.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 4, 2018 16:39:55 GMT
The only names that I could find associated with filming the Auton mannequin attack in Spearhead, Ep 4 were Film Camera Team - Stan Speel & Robert McDonnell
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 4, 2018 15:50:19 GMT
You might try posting your question on this The Tech-ops History Site website -> tech-ops.co.uk/next/Someone might have some memories.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 4, 2018 15:40:48 GMT
Glenn - I would hazard a guess that many here would find your recording of interest! Have you digitised it? - the National Archives of Australia might wish to have an archival copy of something like this.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 3, 2018 14:52:54 GMT
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Jan 3, 2018 14:38:33 GMT
I might be wrong on this, but I don't think that 16mm film necessarily runs at 16 fps. Nigeria appears to be on the PAL or PAL/SECAM system - therefore, the frame rate would have been 25 fps. Just being pedantic
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Dec 31, 2017 12:42:37 GMT
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Post by Hugh Pearson on May 20, 2017 13:46:55 GMT
Ten tickets left, 7 days to go AND another guest has been announced ! - how does this look for a new teaser? Attachments:
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Post by Hugh Pearson on May 11, 2017 12:35:22 GMT
Back in mid-February on his FB page, Phil Morris posted this picture with the comment "Maybe, just maybe..." I am waiting to hear a story about an episode of 'The Underwater Menace' - either that or he's found a bunch of CD-ROM computer games in their original shrink wrap in a tip near Wigan.
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Post by Hugh Pearson on May 4, 2017 15:30:06 GMT
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Mar 7, 2017 17:02:41 GMT
My Canadian story - efforts in a similar vein perhaps - have yielded no response. TVOntario began broadcasting the Pertwee Doctor Who serials in 1976 and the Tom Baker ones in 1978. Until 1981, to fulfill their educational mandate, TVO created short intros (&/or outros) for each episode - 104 in total. Sadly in 2012, when I asked them about these, I was informed that they had not been retained by the broadcaster - not considered to have sufficient “cultural value” to Canadian TV I guess. So, missing material - ring any bells? The only source of these “shorts” today is on fan recorded VHS/Beta tapes - but how to track them down? In late 2016, I heard a CBC Radio interview about a company in Toronto that began a business to recycle these kind of tapes - a socially responsible effort both to reduce landfill and to provide employment to underprivileged individuals (manual sorting, separation of materials, etc). I contacted the interviewee, a director in the company (an English expat) to inquire about possibilities of watching the tape labels just in case anything related to Doctor Who (for those intros/outros) was being disposed of. I received no reply. Maybe I should not have admitted to being a bit of an anorak, but hey - it’s not trainspotting is it? Maybe he wasn’t a Doctor Who fan or maybe he just didn’t get my email. Do you think that I should follow up with a phone call?
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Post by Hugh Pearson on Feb 10, 2017 17:31:22 GMT
I am glad that you enjoyed the read Ed - but to be clear, it's not my blog - it's by someone named David who lives in South-east of London, UK. It was just something I found on the web.
I am in Canada, so the only "movie length" omnibus editions that I saw were the PBS broadcasts from the USA. Some minor editing might have been done in those, but basically the opening titles and the final episode's end credits were retained at the beginning and end of the broadcast, but all of the other ones were chopped out. Very different from those UK broadcasts.
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