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Old 20th Mar 2018, 8:16 am   #66
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Default Re: Vintage Radios, TVs etc in films and on TV (not anachronisms)

TV and film have certain expectations, the lights going out was needed for drama. If anyone had mentioned a horse, a whinny would have had to be dubbed in. Old cars must backfire, old radios must produce a selection of sliding heterodyne tones and maybe a bit of Morse. Everything is fabricated entertainment and even the documentaries are somewhat contrived.

They have a script and the producer has an idea of how things should look and the world is changed to fit them.

The house of a schoolfriend and his parents was used for the film length "Last of the summer wine" made back in the 70's. They replaced the shed and greenhouse, they redecorated the ground floor rooms all to match their visualisation, then afterwards they got the poshest decorating firm in to redecorate everything to the owner's taste and their choice of shed and greenhouse again. The householders were delighted with all the expensive decoration and new outbuildings, but the lengths they went to and the cost was staggering.

I wonder if the bit about listening a lot to the Penrose laughing policeman was real or just made up to suit an available record?

The program makers don't seem to understand trust. Once you catch them out on one bit of fakery, you start to distrust them on everything.

David
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