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Post by stevej on Oct 13, 2018 12:01:26 GMT
My guess is the flowers were made of panels of polarised filter material set at different angles, illuminated from behind through a rotating polarised filter. I was thinking along similar lines, Sue. I'm sure that must be how it was done.
Nice to see the Tremeloes in what is no doubt a long lost TOTP performance on the TW clip!
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Post by stevej on Oct 13, 2018 8:16:22 GMT
Go on then, what have you all been buying in the sale? It's great to have the chance to pick up some series that you've been curious about, but maybe not enough to have a full-price punt. For me that includes 'The Fellows', 'Mrs Thursday' and even 'Jokers Wild;', which I remember from the Granada Plus repeats. Network's continued extensions to the sale end date are a shrewd move. I can't be the only one who keeps buying titles with an eye on the deadline, then having another look and treating myself to a few more when it's extended and further titles are added! I guess it keeps the orders coming in consistently.
As someone who remembers when you'd be glad to see a wobbly 4th generation VHS copy of a single episode of any given archive series, it's easy to forget how fortunate we are to have a wealth of material available, often beautifully presented and in a convenient format.
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Post by stevej on Oct 12, 2018 18:34:22 GMT
Hi Kev, yes I've seen that clip. It's fascinating isn't it? I think the difference is that on the Cilla performance, very specific areas of the graphic design are made to illuminate alternately, which I'm not sure the equipment in the TW clip could achieve from a distance. I'm hoping someone can explain!
Steve
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Post by stevej on Oct 12, 2018 18:03:23 GMT
I've been meaning to ask this for years! The clip below of Cilla performing 'Surround Yourself With Sorrow' (great disc!) on TOTP in 1969 features an optical effect where a graphic of a flower is lit in such a way as to 'animate' the petals and background in a very effective psychedelic way:
My question is how was this achieved? I've seen variations on this visual on various TOTP peformances of the late 6Os but can't figure out how they did it. Presumably two alternative lighting sources are used to produce the motion effect, but how was the transparency screen with the flower made to react to light in that way? I'm guessing it would have been an in-house creation by the BBC visual effects people and presumably therefore would be something comparatively simple and econmical to create.
Anyone know more?
Steve
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Post by stevej on Oct 4, 2018 19:27:33 GMT
And with so little UK pop footage from that era surviving, appearances from obscure or non-chart acts are a rare thing indeed. I'm sure this particular performance was purposely choreographed for maximum cheese by the programme's director. It's best viewed in the context of the complete 'Mr Rose' episode.
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Post by stevej on Oct 3, 2018 19:17:38 GMT
Excellent, thanks for the links John.
Incidentally the photo gallery on the dvd set has pictures of the outdoor set after a fire in 1968 - frustratingly there are no details as to whether this was accidental or done as part of a storyline, as it would have been from the time of one of the subsequent 'Honey Lane' series which of course have been wiped!
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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2018 21:20:31 GMT
You are quite right Mark, that makes a lot more sense. I was completely unaware of her- and indeed the entire Hungarian 60s music scene- until a few hours ago but have spent the evening listening to some of her fab back catalogue. What a great discovery! Wonder what she performed on the Eamonn Andrews Show....
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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2018 19:51:31 GMT
Yesterday? Now that's timing! Thanks for the info John. That's definitely going on my shopping list.
Sorry to take the thread on a Hungarian detour.
Now back to the plot...
Steve
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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2018 18:52:50 GMT
The name of the singer who appeared on the show on 19 May 1968 was Sarolta Zalatnay. All the way from Hungary- and I think she's actually the other way around- Zalatnay Sarolta. Never 'eard of her, but a quick YT trawl reveals the lady in action elsewhere around the same time - and what a cracking tune this is. In fact it wowed the crowds sufficiently at the Tancdalfesztival '67 song contest to score a victory, hence the encores. At least I think that's what's going on...
Steve
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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2018 9:09:02 GMT
I picked up this series in the recent Network sale at a suitably tempting price and it's really very good. I assumed they would be cheap'n'cheerful half-hour episodes along the lines of Crossroads, but it's a very different kettle of fish indeed, with one-hour (well, 50 minute) editions allowing the stories space to properly develop. They even built a (very convincing) outdoor set for it, with fascinating photos of it's construction included in the image gallery on the dvd.
The dvd set comprises the first series from 1967, which is apparently all that survives. All the episodes are telerecordings, yet I'd swear I've seen a clip from it on videotape. In fact I'm sure it was included on the 1980s compilation 'The Elstree Story'. I believe I read somewhere that quite a proportion of archive material used in this was subsequently junked, which seems a bit perverse.
My question therefore is whether 'Market In Honey Lane' - or at least one episode from it- had survived on tape up until that point? Does anyone know more?
Steve
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Post by stevej on Sept 28, 2018 18:28:10 GMT
Hi Mark, yes I suspected that must be the case!
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Post by stevej on Sept 27, 2018 21:33:19 GMT
Wow- never seen that before! Who made 'The Contenders'?
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Post by stevej on Sept 17, 2018 20:11:21 GMT
The Elastic Band make an unexpected but very welcome appearance in an episode of 'Mr Rose', series 2 I think, which is out on dvd. They perform their then-current a-side 'Do Unto Others' in it's entirety. Nearly fell off my chair the first time I saw it! The song does fit with the storyline, but nonetheless a studio-based detective drama seems a highly incongruous place in which to plug your latest single. I wonder how it came about?
The b-side of 'Do Unto Others' is '8 1/2 Hours of Paradise' - well known from it's appearance on UK psych compilations (even if it's not at all psychedelic!)
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Post by stevej on Aug 2, 2018 21:58:49 GMT
Thanks for the info Paul. Did they really keep up that frantic camera cutting for over 6 minutes! It's a hard watch even in the abridged version. And all that on a show apparently broadcast 6pm Friday evenings on BBC1...
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Post by stevej on Aug 2, 2018 18:56:12 GMT
Some pretty unusual camera work on the Thunderclap Newman clip! Would Tony Palmer have been the director for this series?
I believe 'How Late It Is' started life as 'How It Is', with the title being amended when it was scheduled for a later evening slot. There is a performance of 'America' by The Nice, taken from 'How It Is'. It was used on 'Sounds Of The Sixties' - possibly another surviving clip we have to thank Bob Pratt for.
I wonder what become of presenter Angela Huth?
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