Presenters who look past the camera and talk to the director or questioner.
Trivial things that annoy you about TV
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Originally Posted by RoseAnne:
“When channels show the same films over and over again. Hot Fuzz has been on iTV and ITV2 so many times now, it's ridiculous. It was on last week and it was on yesterday.. In fact barely a month goes by without it being on. They occasionally loan it out to the BBC too!”
“When channels show the same films over and over again. Hot Fuzz has been on iTV and ITV2 so many times now, it's ridiculous. It was on last week and it was on yesterday.. In fact barely a month goes by without it being on. They occasionally loan it out to the BBC too!”
Never been on the BBC.
Something happening a lot nowadays especially in documentaries on BBC4. Imagine you have a presenter doing a show about something historical. Rather than show you eg a tapestry, we see the presenter looking at it on a tablet computer. Amazing! And SO much better than actually allowing us to see the tapestry etc ourselves.
I know damned well it has been said before (can't read through 24 pages to quote!), but it's when they squash the credits at the end of a film/drama - and you are trying to see who a certain actor was!! Even when I freeze-frame on a 36" screen - the credits are so tiny they are blurred to a mush! WHY MUST THEY DO THIS? The people that make the film/programme must be annoyed as well, as well as the theme music composer who has his/her music over-ridden by "And coming up next Thursday - we have an exciting new drama....bla bla bla...". They don't even bother saying what the following programme is!! 
Originally Posted by Face Of Jack:
“I know damned well it has been said before (can't read through 24 pages to quote!), but it's when they squash the credits at the end of a film/drama - and you are trying to see who a certain actor was!! Even when I freeze-frame on a 36" screen - the credits are so tiny they are blurred to a mush! WHY MUST THEY DO THIS? The people that make the film/programme must be annoyed as well, as well as the theme music composer who has his/her music over-ridden by "And coming up next Thursday - we have an exciting new drama....bla bla bla...". They don't even bother saying what the following programme is!!”
“I know damned well it has been said before (can't read through 24 pages to quote!), but it's when they squash the credits at the end of a film/drama - and you are trying to see who a certain actor was!! Even when I freeze-frame on a 36" screen - the credits are so tiny they are blurred to a mush! WHY MUST THEY DO THIS? The people that make the film/programme must be annoyed as well, as well as the theme music composer who has his/her music over-ridden by "And coming up next Thursday - we have an exciting new drama....bla bla bla...". They don't even bother saying what the following programme is!!
”
They do it because it works, stops enough people from switching channels to pay off.
Originally Posted by seayork2002:
“It seems to happen a lot on more reality based shows but they spend more time telling you about what is coming up on the episode you are are sat there watching and then re-showing you what they just showed you earlier in the episode (like on those Escape to the Country shows).
How much of actual show is there?”
“It seems to happen a lot on more reality based shows but they spend more time telling you about what is coming up on the episode you are are sat there watching and then re-showing you what they just showed you earlier in the episode (like on those Escape to the Country shows).
How much of actual show is there?”
It's a great way to fill an hour slot whilst only paying for 30 mins of programme.
<adverts>
Programme starts
This is what we're going to show you
<actual programme>
This is what you've seen
This is what what you're going to see next
<adverts>
This is what you've seen
This is what we're going to show you
<actual programme>
This is what you've seen
This is what what you're going to see next
<adverts>
This is what you've seen
This is what we're going to show you
<actual programme>
This is what you've seen
This is what what you're going to see next week
<adverts>
There was a Sarah Beeny programme quite a few years ago that had exactly that format. Would have been quite a good programme but it was before I had a PVR and it just wasn't worth wasting time sitting through all the cruft.
Mitchell and Webb sketch highlighting needless recaps and look forwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc
Eat Well for Less, (12.02.15) - how ignorant can parents be? And, as with so many these days, the kids have no idea how to use a knife and fork.
CONSTANT trailers on the screen about a forthcoming drama - saying 'Coming Soon'.....for weeks on end! But WHEN???
Probably been mentioned already but sob stories on the likes of the voice and X factor. .I record these shows and watch in half the time fast forwarding through these bits. .then my choice is made on the singers voice rather than sympathy.
Adverts that are on for weeks but aren't the whole thing and don't describe the product etc. Like a "teaser" advert to keep you intrigued and interested in finding out what it is they're actually advertising.
Except for me they don't leave me intrigued. They leave me thinking if they can't be bothered to advertise who and what they are straightaway then I'm not interested.
Except for me they don't leave me intrigued. They leave me thinking if they can't be bothered to advertise who and what they are straightaway then I'm not interested.
Any documentary featuring the countryside / archaeology / history. The helicopter shot. Often the views are stunning and worthy of being shown. But we always see the presenter getting in. We see them in profile inside the aircraft. We see them looking out of the window, shouting "wow" and pointing at a feature of interest. We see a shot of the helicopter taken from another aircraft and perhaps an arty shot of its shadow racing across the ground. We probably see a ground shot of it taking off. We might get a nice glimpse of the scenery but then it's back to the presenter shown looking out before we see a shot of them debarking and taking off their helmet and saying how wonderful it was.
I don't mind some footage to indicate that the presenter is there but it should be about what can be seen, not the constant "me, me, I'm the presenter, keep the camera on me, (and if not on me, keep it on the vehicle I am in)" which seems to constitute a huge proportion of the airtime in any show that has the budget to feature aerial photography.
I don't mind some footage to indicate that the presenter is there but it should be about what can be seen, not the constant "me, me, I'm the presenter, keep the camera on me, (and if not on me, keep it on the vehicle I am in)" which seems to constitute a huge proportion of the airtime in any show that has the budget to feature aerial photography.
Originally Posted by malpasc:
“Adverts that are on for weeks but aren't the whole thing and don't describe the product etc. Like a "teaser" advert to keep you intrigued and interested in finding out what it is they're actually advertising.
Except for me they don't leave me intrigued. They leave me thinking if they can't be bothered to advertise who and what they are straightaway then I'm not interested.”
“Adverts that are on for weeks but aren't the whole thing and don't describe the product etc. Like a "teaser" advert to keep you intrigued and interested in finding out what it is they're actually advertising.
Except for me they don't leave me intrigued. They leave me thinking if they can't be bothered to advertise who and what they are straightaway then I'm not interested.”
This was the case with the recent Gtech Cordless Vac advert. It showed just the first few seconds of it with the intro to I Want To Break Free by Queen and then it would stop before the singing kicked in. This intro was shown for a few weeks until recently when they started showing the whole advert with some dancers dancing with the cordless vacs and this one woman struggling to keep up with a heavy corded vac.
All that build up and teasing for a pretty average advert.
Originally Posted by sausagesandwich:
“Any documentary featuring the countryside / archaeology / history. The helicopter shot. Often the views are stunning and worthy of being shown. But we always see the presenter getting in. We see them in profile inside the aircraft. We see them looking out of the window, shouting "wow" and pointing at a feature of interest. We see a shot of the helicopter taken from another aircraft and perhaps an arty shot of its shadow racing across the ground. We probably see a ground shot of it taking off. We might get a nice glimpse of the scenery but then it's back to the presenter shown looking out before we see a shot of them debarking and taking off their helmet and saying how wonderful it was.
I don't mind some footage to indicate that the presenter is there but it should be about what can be seen, not the constant "me, me, I'm the presenter, keep the camera on me, (and if not on me, keep it on the vehicle I am in)" which seems to constitute a huge proportion of the airtime in any show that has the budget to feature aerial photography.”
“Any documentary featuring the countryside / archaeology / history. The helicopter shot. Often the views are stunning and worthy of being shown. But we always see the presenter getting in. We see them in profile inside the aircraft. We see them looking out of the window, shouting "wow" and pointing at a feature of interest. We see a shot of the helicopter taken from another aircraft and perhaps an arty shot of its shadow racing across the ground. We probably see a ground shot of it taking off. We might get a nice glimpse of the scenery but then it's back to the presenter shown looking out before we see a shot of them debarking and taking off their helmet and saying how wonderful it was.
I don't mind some footage to indicate that the presenter is there but it should be about what can be seen, not the constant "me, me, I'm the presenter, keep the camera on me, (and if not on me, keep it on the vehicle I am in)" which seems to constitute a huge proportion of the airtime in any show that has the budget to feature aerial photography.”
The obsession with (unrelated) transport is strong in the BBC documentary department.
I've all but given up on Horizon because of the incessant shots of presenters driving around from place to place.
That and their weird obsession of showing speeded up shots of busy cityscapes (or any unrelated shots of cityscapes, come to that).
varying length of ad breaks..
How the hell am I supposed to rid myself myself of remotes, excess food, then jump up, put kettle on, Rush to the toilet, wash hands, make brew & sit back down.. In 1 ad
Yes Nat Geo & CI I'm looking at you /fume
How the hell am I supposed to rid myself myself of remotes, excess food, then jump up, put kettle on, Rush to the toilet, wash hands, make brew & sit back down.. In 1 ad
Yes Nat Geo & CI I'm looking at you /fume
Originally Posted by Vetinari:
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That and their weird obsession of showing speeded up shots of busy cityscapes (or any unrelated shots of cityscapes, come to that).”
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That and their weird obsession of showing speeded up shots of busy cityscapes (or any unrelated shots of cityscapes, come to that).”
and the speeded up shots of clouds in the sky or stars at night
This is really trivial.
I don't like it when Alexander Armstrong is talking to one of the people/pairs on the back row on 'Pointless' and a person on the front row turns around and looks at them.
I don't like it when Alexander Armstrong is talking to one of the people/pairs on the back row on 'Pointless' and a person on the front row turns around and looks at them.
Originally Posted by ScPD:
“varying length of ad breaks..
How the hell am I supposed to rid myself myself of remotes, excess food, then jump up, put kettle on, Rush to the toilet, wash hands, make brew & sit back down.. In 1 ad
Yes Nat Geo & CI I'm looking at you /fume”
“varying length of ad breaks..
How the hell am I supposed to rid myself myself of remotes, excess food, then jump up, put kettle on, Rush to the toilet, wash hands, make brew & sit back down.. In 1 ad
Yes Nat Geo & CI I'm looking at you /fume”
Get yourself a Tivo box - you can pause live telly at anytime you fancy
And, when you come back with your lovverly cuppa, you can then fast forward through the ads!
Adverts, usually for furniture, where amounts aren't read out as full numbers, but just as their constituent digits.
For example - "£459" is read as "four-five-nine" rather than "four hundred and fifty nine pounds". It might be quicker but it sounds glib, lazy and informal.
For example - "£459" is read as "four-five-nine" rather than "four hundred and fifty nine pounds". It might be quicker but it sounds glib, lazy and informal.
Originally Posted by milkybarnick:
“Adverts, usually for furniture, where amounts aren't read out as full numbers, but just as their constituent digits.
For example - "£459" is read as "four-five-nine" rather than "four hundred and fifty nine pounds". It might be quicker but it sounds glib, lazy and informal.”
“Adverts, usually for furniture, where amounts aren't read out as full numbers, but just as their constituent digits.
For example - "£459" is read as "four-five-nine" rather than "four hundred and fifty nine pounds". It might be quicker but it sounds glib, lazy and informal.”
I do wonder if DFS ever sell anything at full price?
ANNOYING!
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“People on Pointless who say they will 'play it safe' or 'take a punt'.”
“People on Pointless who say they will 'play it safe' or 'take a punt'.”
So basically, anybody on Pointless...!
What gets me irritated is any BBC newsreader who does not "read" the news but "acts" it - ie with massive amounts of hand movements, accompanied by unnecessary emphasis on various words together with lowering of voice as though having a confidential chat over the garden fence.
Worst offender is Fiona Bruce.
Best news reader is Reeta Chakrabarti.
Worst offender is Fiona Bruce.
Best news reader is Reeta Chakrabarti.
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