[Tech1] Lst Night of the Proms

[Graeme Wall]

The pundits also suffered from the wandering wideshot plague that started with sport and now afflicts all known genres of television.

> On 10 Sep 2023, at 12:54, Alan Taylor via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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> I gather that the EU flags were a protest against the impact that withdrawing from the EU has has on musicians touring in Europe. I can’t see how the BBC could be expected to confiscate flags of one type, or to avoid showing them.  It will obviously be used as a stick for certain types to knock the BBC, but those people would always find something to knock the BBC about anyway.
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> As for the Last Night of the Proms, technically is was done well as usual, but I did have two complaints with the programme.  Much as I adore Sandi Toksvig, I thought the contributions from the pundits was far too much.  It put me in mind of all those big football matches where the pundits desperately try to fill in time by talking for the sake of talking. I preferred the days when they would show a VT of a music related story connected with the Proms and then get the BBC presenter to ‘ad lib’ from his prepared script until the music resumed.
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> Also when it came to the pundit’s interlude, I felt that the art department made the background look far too busy.  I can’t remember the name of the woman in the middle, but she tended to blend in with the busy background, which was much too similar to her dress.
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> I couldn’t watch much of part one on BBC 2, but had a similar feeling about busy, colourful backgrounds clashing with some of the female musician’s dresses.
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> Alan
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>> On 10 Sep 2023, at 12:25, Dave Plowman via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>> Just read that Harvey Proctor thinks the BBC should be censured for allowing it to be turned into a political event by allowing the audience to wave EU flags.
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>>> On 10/09/2023 10:23, Graeme Wall via Tech1 wrote:
>>> That surprised me, it’s one of the shots that stays on the crib cards from one season to the next!
>>>>> On 10 Sep 2023, at 10:20, Hugh Snape <hughsnape at talktalk.net> wrote:
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>>>> It looked and sounded great, but a shame that there were no shots of the promenaders traditionally mock sobbing during Tom Bowling this time.
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>>>> Hugh Snape
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>>>>> On 10 Sep 2023, at 09:54, Graeme Wall via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>>> Zoom in to instrument, defocus and mix, not just once but twice, Haven’t seen that in decades!
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