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Emmerdale 'Continuity'
Watching last night's episode, I was amazed at the dreadful continuity failure - near the beginning, the village was blanketed in a thick carpet of snow. However, just up the road it seemed not a flake had fallen as Hannah and Victoria's parents chatted about the bullying. Indeed, in the background all that could be seen were green verdant fields!! Come on producers, get a bloody grip. THAT was embarrasing and very amateurish.:rolleyes:
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OR hired a giant blow-torch to melt all the snow so it matched what had already been filmed.
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That's happened in soaps upteen times, constrasting weather in different scenes shown 10 seconds apart. And not just snow.
I always remember many years ago in Corrie. Deirdre was seen - in the street - walking to Ken's Recorder office (that's how long ago it was!) with a brolly up cos it was raining, the ground soaking wet. We saw her walking through the rain.
She was in the office for literally 3 or 4 minutes, there was an arguement and she walked out. Ken followed her and we were treated to the sight of them in the street having words, Deirdre holding the folded up umbrella ... and the pavement bone dry! lol
It was probably the first time I'd noticed something like that myself, which is why it's always stuck in my mind.
This has happened before with Emmerdale.
Just goes to show, they dont give a monkeys about the quality of the product they make.
coming up next in the dales.....
Edna takes the kids on a summer picnic.
To amuse the kids, she makes a snowman.
Yeah- look-I don't mind constructive criticism but this is daft- it is not a $300 million film- it is a working soap-
Scenes are shot out of continuity- sometimes scenes which make up one half of a episodes are shot days if not weeks apart- and ED has to shoot six episodes a week- they can hardly afford to re shoot everything so that weather matches perfectly
It is like pregnant actresses- they do very little to hide bumps anymore and just ask the viewer to ignore it- we know the actresses are really pregnant-
Viewers aren't idiots- give us some credit- we can understand the time constraints involved in producing 6 episodes a week
Yes, I've said before I like Emmerdale for doing that, treating the viewer like intelligent people who can tell fact from fiction. I remember when 'Katie' was pregnant, about 5 years ago now. She'd wear black leggings and black tops, but her baby bulge was still very evident in some scenes.
And of course, more recently 'Laurel's' pregnancy was even more obvious. And now 'Debbie' is looking very plump in some scenes, for such a skinny young woman. lol
They're not as easy about it in other soaps. I remember watching Corrie when 'Leanne' was pregnant first time and there was a lot of 'from the neck up' filming to hide her baby belly.
Not necessarily. On Saturday snow fell in my road and only down one side of the main road. 20 mins walk into town and no snow there at all.
Last time it snowed there was more snow towards Sandgate. Snow can be inconsistent.
So what would you suggest? They re-shoot every single scene with the snow again?
The producers have no control over the weather. Perhaps if it affects you that much and makes the TV show look sloppy then you should stop watching.
I have a better idea. How about they gather up people who are full of hot air to visit the village, I'm sure they'd soon melt it whilst they rant about the cheek of it to snow. Charge each participant £20 to take part and Emmerdale could make a bit of extra money on the side too.:D
We live in a cul de sac we call the Twilight Zone cos the snow is usually still on the ground when outside the cul de sac it's dry pavements!
Imagine how annoyed I feel now. And frostbite of certain extremeties is no laughing matter.
I do have to give them credit for scenes (i know theres some in Thursday's episodes) where its blizard conditions yet they still filmed scenes to try and keep on schedule. Poor actors having to do that.
Given about half the scenes in an episode are filmed outside good on them for just saying stuff it and filming even if the actors look like they're about to turn into icecubes.
My mum reckoned they should have filmed a load of random scenes which could be slotted into the Christmas 2010 episodes without looking out of place. You know the kind of stuff where they all come out into the street on Christmas Eve to see it snowing etc
I was surprised they even managed to wade their way through to the village in the first place, never mind do any filming considering how remote the village looks on Google Earth. :eek:
....and that's just in Summer!
I thought 'Nico' removed those months ago Nick?
Personally I'll take the sometimes funny continuity of outdoor shots over the claustrophobia and stageyness of 70s drama any day.
So the snow continuety is down to an act of god and beyond gavins control.