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Post by John Wall on Mar 13, 2024 10:51:15 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Mar 6, 2024 14:00:57 GMT
“The new recordings, Ayres said, are "much better than we've had before for this story", and were remarkably discovered at a landfill site.”
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Post by John Wall on Feb 28, 2024 9:08:55 GMT
Ah, missed this one. Don't think I've ever seen this before. I understand that as well as a number of Doctor Who actors among the cast, it has another link in that it was produced by Milton Subotsky and Max J. Rosenberg, the producers of the two Dalek films. Of course, 'Spearhead from Space' also owes a lot to the 1965 film 'Invasion', based on a story by Robert Holmes and featuring an unconscious humanoid alien being taken to a rural hospital... It may still be available on their catchup service.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 26, 2024 23:39:54 GMT
I posted that earlier.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 26, 2024 13:56:43 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Feb 25, 2024 20:31:02 GMT
It’s worth remembering that the aim isn’t to extrapolate the whole of reality from a piece of fairy cake.
I expect that the animations start with the drawing up of a camera script and then sorting out the sets/backgrounds. It’s then a matter of “putting” animated figures “into” the sets and making sure the lips synch with the sound track. There are also usually 2-3 telesnaps for every minute - say one every twenty to thirty seconds.
The purpose of AI would be to achieve a better, more realistic, recreation of a ME. Hopefully there would be enough visual material to produce a decent representation of the original sets rather than the “sketchy” versions often seen in the animations. It shouldn’t be too difficult to produce a camera script, remembering the constraints of multi-camera recording in the 60s. Then you “give” the AI the script and audio and tell it to “film” it according to the script but matched to the audio.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 23, 2024 21:37:13 GMT
And, with 405 lines and small screens to give better redition of actors faces and lip movements for those hard of hearing, I suspect. That’s a good point but I’m unsure if lip readers were considered important. Does anyone know?
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Post by John Wall on Feb 23, 2024 9:14:53 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Feb 19, 2024 11:57:56 GMT
I know who the uploader is. I just watched this missing Dramarama: youtu.be/kCi2WlBnEOQbecause of you, Ray - between this, the episode of Lulu's Party and all of Champagne on Ice, you really are knocking them out the park this month! Yep, and he only works mornings 😇
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Post by John Wall on Feb 15, 2024 21:47:48 GMT
Did he actually return it, or just admit to having found it..? Phil returned prints of various episodes in 2018 and 2019. They are listed in the TIEA 2018 thread. 'My Old Man's a Tory' was amongst them and it was indeed an original 16mm print. In addition, I have secured for the BBC Archive a second 16mm print of 'My Old Man's a Tory', a better print of 'The Likely Lads: Entente Cordiale', also the original prints of 'A Star is Born' and 'Faraway Places', plus an original BBC Enterprises print of 'Dad's Army: The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage' as an alternative to the current archival print which has some scratching. Paul That’s a damn good haul 👍 Like Ray, whaddya do in the afternoon Paul 😇?
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Post by John Wall on Feb 15, 2024 20:54:42 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Feb 11, 2024 9:12:23 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Feb 10, 2024 9:36:43 GMT
TPTV is showing the 1967 movie “They came from beyond space” at 13-00 today.
Worth watching for the proto Nestene sphere and the lead driving a vintage car.
It was released on 1 May 1967.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 10, 2024 9:16:03 GMT
I suspect the animations, like a lot of Doctor Who produced over the last 60 years, has a comparatively small budget, relying instead on the skill, ambition, dedication and love of the industry professionals involved. How very Doctor Who. The animations are done by commercial companies. That no one seems to have been able to make the sums add up to animate the two missing episodes of the Crusades - seemingly due to the number of characters/costumes - tells us something. However, something like Power or Evil is a different matter. Daleks are DW’s biggest monsters, so will probably sell well, and you don’t have to worry about different costumes and facial expressions! The financial arrangements with the animators probably vary. A commercial organisation needs to be profitable so that they can invest, pay dividends, etc. If work is thin the balance can tip towards the customer. In most cases, however, there’s likely to be a discount for a bulk purchase. If, hypothetically, it takes one week to animate one DW episode then placing an order for four, five or six should reduce the cost per episode as it’s guaranteed work for people which is good news. Going back to the demand the profit margin can reduce or even disappear if there isn’t much work as it can be important to keep people ready for the upturn - it may even be worth making a small loss. This happened in the construction industry in the early 2010s, after the financial crash, when prices became very competitive. A lot of things depend on market conditions and understanding these is key to getting a good deal.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 6, 2024 22:46:10 GMT
That's very encouraging news Bruce!I'm always lost in my bubble of buying classic Who blu-rays and animation Steelbooks that I overlook the fact that it's also a commercial enterprise and that healthy sales equate to healthy revenue and thus further releases.I will be buying more animations without a doubt. That’s something that really needs hammering home, DW makes money for Auntie and as long as that’s the case BluRays, animations, etc will continue.
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