{"id":9140,"date":"2019-09-29T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?p=9140"},"modified":"2019-10-08T09:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T09:23:38","slug":"topics-issue-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/2019\/09\/topics-issue-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics Issue 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"124\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tech_ops_topics_header.png\" alt=\"Issue 1\" class=\"wp-image-9139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tech_ops_topics_header.png 937w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tech_ops_topics_header-300x40.png 300w, http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tech_ops_topics_header-768x102.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This collection was created in response to a \u201c<em>crie de coeur<\/em>\u201d from Tony Nuttall \u2013 in the wilds of Cumbria \u2013 who wrote: \u201c\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;superb explanations of Operational Techniques [for Sound Synchronisation]\u2026 and how to achieve them. I do hope that there is some way of incorporating these [descriptions] for future Sound chaps\u2026 A&nbsp;fine example of a BBC member of staff who encompassed all of his BBC training\/production experience etc etc &nbsp;to provide exemplary sound\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Bernie Newnham commented, \u201c\u2026Indeed. We used to do all kinds of complicated things to make something happen . There&#8217;s a chap on YouTube showing how to sync up multiple cameras in \u2026 DaVinci Resolve. A few clicks and it&#8217;s done. Even in the early part of the non-linear editing age I spend forever doing that stuff\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first entry in this collection is \u201cSound and Sound Synchronisation \u2013 How it used to be done in the pre-digital Era\u201d with contributions from Alan Taylor and Pat Heigham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sound and Sound Synchronisation \u2013 How it used to be done in the pre-digital Era<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A description of sound synchronisation with specific references to the BBC TV production of \u201cThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil\u201d (Alan Taylor) and the feature film musical \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d (Pat Heigham).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/sound-and-sound-synchronisation-how-it-used-to-be-done-in-the-pre-digital-era\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Morris Dancers, Chuffing difficult Synchronised Sound<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever you thought of him, Stewart Morris was an ambitiously imaginative and innovative director who got things done that stretched the limits of the technology and abilities of the time. &nbsp;Included in this tale is a story of sound synchronisation in real time on an as-live recording \u2013 steam powered television production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/morris-dancers-synchronised-sound\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tech Ops in the Golden Age of Television<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Telecine operation (initially at least), sound boom operation, vision control &nbsp;&#8211; all part of Technical Operations. &nbsp;Here you can find personal reminiscences of people working in these areas in the 1960s or so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/tech-ops-in-the-golden-age-of-television\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>What you need to be a Boom Operator<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pat Heigham has written a &#8220;Job Description&#8221; or &#8220;Engineering Monograph&#8221; on what you need to be an outstanding Boom Operator.  Pat has variously been a Boom Operator and Grams Op in (live) Television and a Boom Operator and Production Mixer in (Feature) Films. Alan Taylor develops this theme, and both tell of situations when &#8220;problems&#8221; occurred. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/boom-operating\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tech Ops in the 1980s<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video made by Jeff Naylor at John Barlow&#8217;s request to promote the camera department at various career events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/tech-ops-in-the-1980s\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Technical Operations, &nbsp;Camera Section Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An exchange of emails between Roger Bunce and Mike Jones concerning the history of the management structures for the management of the \u201cCamera\u201d Section of &nbsp;BBC Technical &nbsp;Operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/technical-operations-camera-section-management\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Studio Planning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the crew ambled into the studio from the tea bar after doing the rig \u2013 the first thing to do was to look at the studio floor plan to find out where the peds, cranes and booms were meant to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/studio-planning\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Riverside and R3<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garth Tucker took a walk in Hammersmith &#8211; and had his memories stirred, and stirred up memories from other people too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/riverside-and-r3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>APOLLO 11<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just because it was recently the anniversary of the first men on the moon. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/apollo-11\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colour Supplement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A collection of interesting pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/colour-supplement\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"37\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/open_this_topic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9138\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" src=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ianfootersmall-300x104.jpg\" alt=\"ianfootersmall\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" 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\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This collection was created in response to a \u201ccrie de coeur\u201d from Tony Nuttall \u2013 in the wilds of Cumbria \u2013 who wrote: \u201c\u2026&nbsp;&nbsp;superb explanations of Operational Techniques [for Sound Synchronisation]\u2026 and how to achieve them. I do hope that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/2019\/09\/topics-issue-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Alec Bray","author_link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/author\/alec\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/category\/uncategorized\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 29, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 8, 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 29, 2019 11:38 am","modified":"Updated on October 8, 2019 9:23 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=9140"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17727,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions\/17727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}