Eastsidepilot
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There is a shot in one of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns where the camera looks up from his boots with sky in background and contrails from a four engine jet !
Sister Boniface Mysteries - where filmed?
- Thread starter Allen M
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Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
I thought the worst thing in 'Dunkirk' (the recent film? I haven't seen it myself) that was 'wrong' was the modern container cranes in the background of the beaches.
Mk1 coaches are small beer compared to that!!
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
You having not seen the film I'm tempted to ask how you know?
I reckon Dave makes a good point. If the subject matter is sufficiently absorbing a lot of these inconsistencies won't be noticed. We are masters at trying to create a feeling for place and time and every one is an interpretation, some of which are unrealistic.
There have been volumes written about these filmic errors and still people want to see dramas.
Brian
I reckon Dave makes a good point. If the subject matter is sufficiently absorbing a lot of these inconsistencies won't be noticed. We are masters at trying to create a feeling for place and time and every one is an interpretation, some of which are unrealistic.
There have been volumes written about these filmic errors and still people want to see dramas.
Brian
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Jordan
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oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Dunno, Tony. Is it? I'd not know, nor would I know whether it's appropriate to the period or not.
Putting TV soaps and pulp on one side for a moment and never having been a drama producer or director part of me says someone who's never made a mistake has never made anything. Creating a drama is a hugely expensive and technical process which relies on the input of any number of specialists (note, I avoid the term "experts") and even though I've been quite closely involved from behind the camera it still amazes me that there are people who can bring all these skills together. And that's just for entertainment!
Whoever provides the financial backing is either bold or stupid, although the rewards can be enormous if you get it right. Even Disney has suffered recently from backing the wrong pictures.
Brian
Putting TV soaps and pulp on one side for a moment and never having been a drama producer or director part of me says someone who's never made a mistake has never made anything. Creating a drama is a hugely expensive and technical process which relies on the input of any number of specialists (note, I avoid the term "experts") and even though I've been quite closely involved from behind the camera it still amazes me that there are people who can bring all these skills together. And that's just for entertainment!
Whoever provides the financial backing is either bold or stupid, although the rewards can be enormous if you get it right. Even Disney has suffered recently from backing the wrong pictures.
Brian
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Perhaps Mickoo will pop along and tell us. 
BTW, WT is keeping me amused while a Sister Boniface recording is on the TV.
BTW, WT is keeping me amused while a Sister Boniface recording is on the TV.
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Oh they are definitely container cranes.
I take on board Brian's comments about the difficulty of making accurate period dramas. I used to like watching Poirot, the one with David Suchet. I didn't like him that much, but they really managed to capture the Art Deco period, to me, anyway. But I do recall one scene set at a mainline London railway station, for which they obviously used a mainline London railway station - or at least a couple of platforms of one. Unfortunately a wide camera angle strayed slightly too wide, and caught the NSE EMUs further across on other lines.
No idea what episode it was though, it's been
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oldravendale
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Give in!
I reckon that, if they'd been recognised for what they are they'd have been painted out. Even though Chris Nolan shoots on film the post processing would have allowed that. I can now recognise that's a bit of a Boo-Boo.
I reckon that, if they'd been recognised for what they are they'd have been painted out. Even though Chris Nolan shoots on film the post processing would have allowed that. I can now recognise that's a bit of a Boo-Boo.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
No no no, they are German trebuchets, which hurled massive 8ft x 8ft x 20ft blocks toward the invaders.Oh they are definitely container cranes.
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Ah, but you could say it's either around Harwich or Richborough and the cranes could be train ferry gantries.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
There are many inconsistencies with period dramas and films - I dare say throughout the history of film making.
We become aware of them (as alluded to in earlier posts) as a result of our eye for detail ensuring we have it correct for the period we're modelling.
Not only does it apply to railways. It also applies to road surfaces and markings, street furniture (post rather than pre 1965 signs) and house interiors where modern doors, windows, kitchens, light fittings, door fittings, etc can be glimpsed.
And as noted earlie,r the production crews are working to budgets, schedules and also possibly the availability of the period props (property) required for the drama/film at the time of shooting.
We become aware of them (as alluded to in earlier posts) as a result of our eye for detail ensuring we have it correct for the period we're modelling.
Not only does it apply to railways. It also applies to road surfaces and markings, street furniture (post rather than pre 1965 signs) and house interiors where modern doors, windows, kitchens, light fittings, door fittings, etc can be glimpsed.
And as noted earlie,r the production crews are working to budgets, schedules and also possibly the availability of the period props (property) required for the drama/film at the time of shooting.
timbowales
Western Thunderer
and, in the case of the Guardian, you can’t even trust that
76043
Western Thunderer
Hang on, they'd be 2.4384m x 2.4384m x 6.096m if German?
Tony
Hello all
Thanks for answering my question about the film site.
What has been fascinating is the errors in so many films even if only noticed by a few.
One I remember in a TV film was in the early 1980s on Birmingham area.. I think the idea was crooks going to retrieve hidden loot but can't remember. The bit I do remember is the drive to get there.
The car had come off one of the roads through spaghetti junction onto the Aston Express Way. the driver and passenger where commenting along the lines 'just up this slip road then turn left and we are there'. They did and next moment where on Clent Hills. I was working in the city center at the time and recognized the junction would take them onto Broad Street. So they missed Broad Street, Hagley Road through Bearwood, Quinton and Halesowen to Hagley before Clent probably about 7 miles. I wish I could have skipped that stretch!
I suppose it is because we recognize an area or practice. Something like that in London or any other UK city and it would not have the same meaning to me.
Note - the route off the Express Way would be different now due to redevelopment and the trams.
Regards
Allen
Thanks for answering my question about the film site.
What has been fascinating is the errors in so many films even if only noticed by a few.
One I remember in a TV film was in the early 1980s on Birmingham area.. I think the idea was crooks going to retrieve hidden loot but can't remember. The bit I do remember is the drive to get there.
The car had come off one of the roads through spaghetti junction onto the Aston Express Way. the driver and passenger where commenting along the lines 'just up this slip road then turn left and we are there'. They did and next moment where on Clent Hills. I was working in the city center at the time and recognized the junction would take them onto Broad Street. So they missed Broad Street, Hagley Road through Bearwood, Quinton and Halesowen to Hagley before Clent probably about 7 miles. I wish I could have skipped that stretch!
I suppose it is because we recognize an area or practice. Something like that in London or any other UK city and it would not have the same meaning to me.
Note - the route off the Express Way would be different now due to redevelopment and the trams.
Regards
Allen
Oz7mm
Western Thunderer
As a long time glider pilot, I tend to look at clouds a lot. Something the continuity folk seem to miss or ignore is the state of the sky in two successive scenes which represent events minutes or even seconds apart. However it's tricky to manage the sky.
I notice, but how many of us do? It's all about what you know. As others have noted, it's irrelevant to the majority of viewers.
John
I notice, but how many of us do? It's all about what you know. As others have noted, it's irrelevant to the majority of viewers.
John
JimG
Western Thunderer
At BBC Bristol (again!!) we shot a children's drama called "Badger Girl" in the 1980s. It was shot slighty tongue-in-cheek in the style of old silent movies but was thoroughly enjoyed by the schoolchildren who watched it from feedback to the production. But one consistent remark from all of the groups who watched it was the changing angle of shadows during scenes - i.e. scenes that lasted a minute or two but which took hours to film. The children were in the 7 - 10 age group.
Jim.