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nandywell
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Land of the Northern Lights was tantamount to the BBC producing a documentary entitled Night of The Moonlit Pool Orgy with Michael Barrymore featuring blow up dolls instead of extras. That was the scale of how crass the decision to use CGI in this production was. Why couldn't Lumley just come clean and say "this was a fruitless journey but I've enjoyed my travels in Norway", or why didn't they just show actual footage of the Lights no matter how underwhelming it may have been? I'd have alot more respect for the docu that way round.
I've started to notice this with many other BBC productions, what the hell ever happened to plain, old, honest broadcasting? Shame on you BBC, what a cop out! |
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nandywell
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Steve Crook
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However, they do have a very low light level and so they were difficult to film. It wasn't exactly time-lapse but they probably didn't run quite that fast. But how does her not moving guarantee that it wasn't time lapse? It certainly wasn't CGI or all done in post-production (check the credits) The Unreality Primetime site said: "It's not earthly light, these are solar atoms hurtling past and getting sucked in by the magnetic force of the world, you have to slow the camera apertures right down to get enough of this extraordinary light in. I had to stand as still as a rock, with the wind blowing and buffeting, so that they could film and then later show it in real time; it's a weird way of filming, but there's no other way of doing it. I think it may well be the best film the world has ever got of the Lights, they are phenomenally hard to capture." The fulfilment of a lifetime's yearning; it was an emotional moment for Joanna. "It was beyond any dream you could have," she says. "This particular showing was so spectacular that it was reported on Danish television news. It has all come from the sun and our little tiny planet that we're trying to save… you see how majestic it is, and that it's part of the massive universe, you begin to feel very humble. To be soppy about it, we had stars in our eyes. I'd been waiting all my life to see the Northern Lights and then I saw them on a scale beyond description." Steve |
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nandywell
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Also, the way the camera kept cutting back and forth to closeup shots of Lumley in complete darkness, hamming the whole event up, just didn't ring true. Christ all mighty, it reminded me of a Pink Floyd concert at one stage, spectacular but way over the top. |
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They are quite unbelievable, way over the top, but they really do happen Steve |
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nandywell
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![]() I've seen some very questionable footage of the lights on Youtube and they are amazing you're right. But what I saw on BBC One tonight at 9:45pm was Hollywood amazing. |
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"This particular showing was so spectacular that it was reported on Danish television news" I don't think she was hoodwinking anyone Steve |
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MB
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Well, I would be surprised if that is the case - for many reasons. But, particularly - the BBC are hauled over the coals whenever there is a spotted inaccuracy or, percieved 'injustice'. I don't know if you remember 'Points of view' but it was incredibly popular - British people tend to be thrilled if they can put someone 'right' about something like this.
I am starting to think it might be quite popular in the US too.. However, it was a strikingly impressive display. I will look in to it when I get a chance. Even so, I think it was a grand effort from Joanna Lumley, lots of intriguing, personalised asides (the genuinely interesting contents of her suitcase!) She is not a 'professional' presenter (does not talk in a strange upy downy voice and appear to have absolutely no interest in her subject - a generalisation, I know, but still..) and it had me captured throughout. I particularly liked the bit where she met the 'Sami' people who taught her about the 'joik' - a song that 'embodies' it's subject rather than is 'about' it. Last edited by MB; 08-09-2008 at 07:52 AM.. |
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One part showed the children going to school where they learnt all about Sami history alongside all other subjects and they record all the reindeer ear marks on an internet database The joik (or yoik) is a beautiful thing Steve |
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PS68060
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I gather that filming the aurora is very difficult and the credits mentioned the aurora photgrapher. At the worst we may have been shown separate footage of the aurora with Ms Lumley "edited" into it. There was enough moonlight that even this might not have been necessary.
If you are going to make a programme about the aurora it would seem odd to CGI it. |
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