{"id":9868,"date":"2020-01-28T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=9868"},"modified":"2024-02-23T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T13:55:25","slug":"tv-studio-engineering-the-pre-digital-age-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/tv-studio-engineering-the-pre-digital-age-2\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Studio Engineering &#8211; The Pre-digital Age   2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_001.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_001.png 704w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_001-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nLine up Tone (1 KHz (1000 cycles per second))\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1kHz.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_002-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15753\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_002-1.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_002-1-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_002-1-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nA presentation for the\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">READING SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nAlec Bray\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><i>A Note about this Web Presentation<\/i><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nThe original presentation was set up to cope with the viewing conditions in the RSME clubhouse, and used white lettering on a black background.\n\nFor this Web-based version, many of the slides have been reversed out, to give black-on-white: this is better for web viewing and printing.  Not all the slides could be presented in this way, however, so some slides have been heavily cropped to suit.  \n\nAs the slides were designed with a black background, not all of them will look quite as nice in this current format.\n\n \n\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nIn the times when the only way to receive entertainment in your home was by free-to-air television broadcasting, the studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation were the world-beating centre of excellence for theatrical style, multi-camera, live or as-live television drama production with developing camerawork: but not just drama, but children\u2019s programmes. Schools programmes, comedy programmes, situation comedies (sitcoms) and shiny floor Saturday Night spectacular shows.\n\n\nOn Saturday 12<sup>th<\/sup> January 1963, I was sitting at home at 5.25 in the afternoon watching the second episode of \u201cThe Chem Lab Mystery\u201d &nbsp;\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"831\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_003.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15754\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_003.png 831w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_003-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_003-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nWhat other programmes were broadcast on that Saturday in 1963? &nbsp; The cover of the issue of &#8220;Radio Times&amp;quoit; for that Saturday will not give you any clues!\n\nSaturday Night programmes included:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"351\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_004.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15755\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_004.png 623w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_004-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nRemember that?  Close Down at 23:25!!   And the disappearing dot on the telly screen &#8230;\n\n\nThe following Monday \u2013 14<sup>th<\/sup> January 1963 I reported for duty at Broadcasting House.\n\nThe next three days were induction into the BBC (in what was originally the \u201cLangham\u201d Hotel, and now latterly restored once again to be the Langham Hotel!). &nbsp;\n\nAnd then, on &nbsp;Thursday &nbsp;17<sup>th<\/sup> January &nbsp;1963, &nbsp;I was sent to Studio E Lime Grove (originally the Gainsborough Film Studios) to become part of the studio crew, Crew 7, working on the next but one episode (episode 3) &nbsp;of \u201cThe Chem Lab Mystery.\u201d \n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"311\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_005.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15756\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_005.png 554w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_005-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nThe senior cameraman on Crew 7 was Mike Bond\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"526\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_006.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15759\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_006.png 389w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_006-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\n\nYou know him better as Michael Bond of \u201cPaddington\u201d fame. &nbsp;He was such a nice person and a very good cameraman. &nbsp;Of course, I had to get something to do with trains in this presentation!\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"312\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_007.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15760\" style=\"width:685px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_007.png 554w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/RSME_APB_Talk_007-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Studio crews were made up of some 11 people, which included 4 cameramen, 3 sound boom operators, 2 dolly operators and a couple of crew reliefs. &nbsp;All blokes. &nbsp;The only ladies were the Vision Mixers -. &nbsp;originally part of the Studio crews, but very soon after I joined they were whisked off to become part of \u201cproduction.\u201d The number of crews grew: at the peak there were nineteen studio crews. &nbsp;To a large extent, the crews were self- selecting. &nbsp;In my time, Crews 2 and 5 did the really serious dramas, &nbsp;Crews 3 and 13 did many of the light entertainment shows. The studio crews worked with actors and directors to produce world-class, world beating, theatrical-style multi-camera live and as-live television drama, light entertainment, features, schools programmes \u2013 and more\u2026 I worked on three series of &nbsp;\u201cDixon of Dock Green\u201d and three seasons of \u201cSoftly Softly\u201d (sorry, two series: the second one was split before and after Christmas), but there were plenty of other programmes in the mix \u2013 especially \u201cTop of the Pops\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?p=9824\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14901\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"62\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/previous.png\" alt=\"previous\" class=\"wp-image-14857\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"\/><\/figure><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?p=9868\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14901\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img width=\"297\" height=\"61\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/back-to-top.png\" alt=\"back_to_top\" class=\"wp-image-14855\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"><\/figure><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?p=9887\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"14901\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img width=\"237\" height=\"62\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/next.png\" alt=\"next\" class=\"wp-image-14856\" style=\"width:auto;height:25px\"><\/figure><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n<!-- Footer -->\n<h1>&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"western\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1061\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- END Footer -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Line up Tone (1 KHz (1000 cycles per second)) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A presentation for the READING SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS Alec Bray &nbsp; &nbsp; A Note about this Web Presentation The original &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/tv-studio-engineering-the-pre-digital-age-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/author\/alec\/","display_name":"Alec Bray"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 28, 2020","modified":"Updated on February 23, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 28, 2020 2:55 pm","modified":"Updated on February 23, 2024 1:55 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9868"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17174,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9868\/revisions\/17174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}