[Tech1] Windsor Castle

[dave.mdv]

Sadly, I only found out about the coffin lift from Sky News! How the 
Beeb managed to miss it is beyond me. Of, course, in previous times, 
pre-Thatcher, it would have been covered by BBC OBs and BBC production, 
another Tory success! Sorry, Bernie! Expect more of the same when HM 
departs, only bigger! Cheers, Dave

On 17/04/2021 22:32, David Brunt wrote:
> I don't think the musicians were miked up separately.  When the 
> bagpiper wandered off down a corridor the mics lost his sound. Didn't 
> sound like a fade.
>
> The Queen was stage right, I think with her children in the same pew.
>
> The plinth the coffin was on sunk into the ground - extremely slowly - 
> as the long list of the Duke's honours and titles was being read out. 
> Just before the trumpeters.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Geoffrey Hawkes via Tech1
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2021 10:22 PM
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> Cc: tech1
> Subject: Re: [Tech1] Windsor Castle
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> I didn’t like the lady soprano much either, mainly for the exaggerated 
> mouthing as she sang, but the others were nearly as bad and seemed 
> rather over earnest in their delivery, including the unnatural way 
> they pronounced some of the words as unfortunately choristers feel the 
> need to do, like always rolling their Rs.
> I think the director/crew overdid the shots panning down from the 
> vaulted ceiling, especially when it meant showing a lot of the 
> uninteresting empty floor space along the way.
> I was impressed with how the sound crew covered the singers as I could 
> see no sign of slung mics in the wide shots and wondered how they did 
> it. The same for the trumpeters at the end.
> It took me a while to work out where HM was sitting as they only 
> showed mid-shots of her in place and not a geography shot to relate 
> her to the coffin, which would’ve been nice. I know she had her head 
> bowed most of the time and in the wide shots I was just able to see a 
> hat which looked like hers but I couldn’t be sure.
> I also missed seeing the coffin disappearing during that bit as like 
> in a Paul Daniels trick it had just vanished by the time they cut back 
> for the blessings. Was it lowered through a hole in the floor or what? 
> They said the Queen was watching as it went but perhaps I just missed 
> the seeing the shot?
> I wasn’t impressed with Huw Edwards’ presentation in the studio 
> afterwards, especially when he remarked about the reading from 
> Ecclesiastes, when it was from the apocryphal book, Ecclesiasticus 
> when Ecclesiastes only has 12 chapters not 43. Someone should’ve 
> corrected him in his earpiece.
> Incidentally, during the exterior shots at the end,  I could hear what 
> sounded like talkback breaking through for ten seconds or so. Did 
> anyone else notice that?
> I didn’t have time to wait for the end credits to see who the 
> director, vision mixer and camera supervisor were or if it was a BBC 
> OB that covered it, so await the answers here,
> Geoff Hawkes
>
>> On 17 Apr 2021, at 17:15, dave.mdv via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> By far the worst thing for me was the screeching operatic soprano 
>> voice which stood out of the supposed 'blend' of the choir, surely 
>> they have got several boy trebles who could have done the job far 
>> better! Yuk! Cheers, Dave
>>
>>> On 17/04/2021 15:59, Graeme Wall via Tech1 wrote:
>>> Don’t know but the director seemed scared of mixes.
>>> —
>>> Graeme Wall
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On 17 Apr 2021, at 15:18, David Denness via Tech1 
>>>>> <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Anyone know what units and/or crews are covering events at Windsor 
>>>> Castle today?
>>>> Harry and Meghan wedding was NEP BBC/World and Telegenic ITV
>>>> Dave D
>>>>  David Denness
>>>> 2 Cambridge Park Court
>>>> Twickenham TW1 2JN
>>>> 07836 371108
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