If you'd Neighbours or Hollyoaks I would've agreed, but the acting on Home and Away is mostly very good.
Exactly what I was going to say. I didn't know it was improvised but it showed. Give them a script and I think it'd be better.
I knew it was improvised, I read about it in one if the TV mags, that's why I gave it a go as I thought it would be interesting. Perhaps it would be better if it was scripted as I would think that trying to improvise that sort of situation would be incredibly difficult.
I also totally get what another poster said about Fay Ripley's scenes coming across somewhat spoof like.
Not sure. It was watchable, but.... quite lacking. It was obvious it was the boy so the plot was pants. The Improv worked for the most part - I didn't realise it was improve until I read it here. The acting was hit & miss.
I thought it was very good. The whole idea of it seemed to work but I tend to agree about Fay Ripley. She sounds as though she is reciting her words! I know I am biased but I thought Damien Molony was excellent.
I hadn't realised that it was improvised until reading this thread. As I was watching it I felt like it was a bit similar to watching 'the office' in the way scenes cut in and out. Overall though I quite enjoyed it, will give it another go next week
I think it has potential as a series. It is written by Paul Marquess amongst others. He was involved with 'The Bill' at one time as well as the ITV afternoon series 'Crime Stories' that was on a couple of years ago.
I watched this without being aware of these facts, but it had the feel of Crime Stories, which I used to enjoy so I settled into the premise of this series quite happily.
I wasn't sure at the start but it picked up. You could tell it was improvised & it was a bit all of the place. It quickly cut from one scene to the other. Damien was great though and by the end i kind of liked it. I will carry on watching it.
It was OK, i'll give it another go next week but I wasn't gripped.
Thought it was too obvious who had done it, and some of the scenes were a bit mumbley, I couldn't hear what was being said properly.
But it has potential so like I say, i'll stick with it for a while.
Hmmmmmmm, I kind of admired what Channel 5, a channel not exactly known for its innovative output, was trying to do. Well done to them for taking a risk in terms of an attempt at something beyond a cookie cutter cop show.
But.........the 'edgy' camera work was a bit tiresome, NYPD Blue were doing that back in 199-whatever. Didn't realise it was billed as an improvised drama but it was pretty obvious. Improvised to me generally means lots of filler 'ummmmmms' and 'errrrrs'.
Personally I can't stand Fay Ripley, something about her really grates so not sure if she was crap or it was coloured by my dislike of her! Thought Damien Molony was quite good in his part though.
Overall it was basically just The Bill without a script and with a tired armed camera person. I don't think I'll be watching again.
I'd forgotten it was "doco style" so that threw me for a while. Not bad though, I suppose.
What I really want to know is, which bits were actually improvised and how was the whole this constructed.
For example, I assume they had a plot outline and an idea where each scene had to get to at the end. Would be interesting to find out.
Fay Ripley was on This Morning talking about this. She said they were given the outline of each scene and then had to improvise within those parameters. She said it was quite tricky at first but they soon got into it.
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That was made by the same company and same producers!
If you'd Neighbours or Hollyoaks I would've agreed, but the acting on Home and Away is mostly very good.
Exactly what I was going to say. I didn't know it was improvised but it showed. Give them a script and I think it'd be better.
I knew it was improvised, I read about it in one if the TV mags, that's why I gave it a go as I thought it would be interesting. Perhaps it would be better if it was scripted as I would think that trying to improvise that sort of situation would be incredibly difficult.
I also totally get what another poster said about Fay Ripley's scenes coming across somewhat spoof like.
Not sure. It was watchable, but.... quite lacking. It was obvious it was the boy so the plot was pants. The Improv worked for the most part - I didn't realise it was improve until I read it here. The acting was hit & miss.
I'll give it another go before making up my mind.
I'll be watching again next week.
I watched this without being aware of these facts, but it had the feel of Crime Stories, which I used to enjoy so I settled into the premise of this series quite happily.
They had the same type of SIR ... Soft Interview Room
Anyway i mainly watched for Damien Molony ^_^
I wasn't sure at the start but it picked up. You could tell it was improvised & it was a bit all of the place. It quickly cut from one scene to the other. Damien was great though and by the end i kind of liked it. I will carry on watching it.
Thought it was too obvious who had done it, and some of the scenes were a bit mumbley, I couldn't hear what was being said properly.
But it has potential so like I say, i'll stick with it for a while.
But.........the 'edgy' camera work was a bit tiresome, NYPD Blue were doing that back in 199-whatever. Didn't realise it was billed as an improvised drama but it was pretty obvious. Improvised to me generally means lots of filler 'ummmmmms' and 'errrrrs'.
Personally I can't stand Fay Ripley, something about her really grates so not sure if she was crap or it was coloured by my dislike of her! Thought Damien Molony was quite good in his part though.
Overall it was basically just The Bill without a script and with a tired armed camera person. I don't think I'll be watching again.
Aaaaah I see. Makes sense. They are very similar in style.
I'd forgotten it was "doco style" so that threw me for a while. Not bad though, I suppose.
What I really want to know is, which bits were actually improvised and how was the whole this constructed.
For example, I assume they had a plot outline and an idea where each scene had to get to at the end. Would be interesting to find out.
Fay Ripley was on This Morning talking about this. She said they were given the outline of each scene and then had to improvise within those parameters. She said it was quite tricky at first but they soon got into it.
Thanks.