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Adam Tandy
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Yes, celluloid is still useful and still used in film; it’s the nitrate version that is so flammable when it denatures…
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à la (test)carte TV.
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Adam Tandy
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Yes, celluloid is still useful and still used in film; it’s the nitrate version that is so flammable when it denatures…
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Adam Tandy
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Is this not the same material that nitrate film is made from? The highly flammable, explosive stuff?
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Naomi Alderman
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my new radio series, starts tomorrow:
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Adam Tandy
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No, they’ll just reuse it and hope we don’t notice. They ran the 0800 version of the top of the hour titles at 0900, after all…
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Adam Tandy
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“I’m bored of this”, said Sarah. “I’m going for a Twix”
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Adam Tandy
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Has Brexit enabled/encouraged the rise of the Right? Would a Remain vote have made all of Europe a kinder place?
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Adam Tandy
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Lovely stuff.
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Adam Tandy
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The quick repeat was on BBC1; my brain entirely refused to recall that Edge of Darkness was commissioned for BBC2. It is beyond tragic that scripted programming of that quality is no longer possible on the Channel.
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Adam Tandy
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I know who is to blame, Joel. What annoys me is that the rationale for its facile disrespect for the viewer has entirely gone. If you’ve missed the beginning of the doc or want to know the end, then just press ⏪️ or ⏩️. We’re not chuffing goldfish.
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Adam Tandy
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And the 2 minute recap/teaser every 15 minutes, that can definitely get in the bin. Beyond insulting.
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Adam Tandy
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Thanks for asking. No.
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Adam Tandy
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The three movie lengths version was the quickie repeat on BBC2. It suffers only slightly in that it cuts the beautiful scene-setting shots of Episode 6.
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Adam Tandy
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Theme Park TV. A few minutes that are quite exciting, amidst hours of standing in a line being fleeced for junk food.
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Adam Tandy
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Generally, this is a problem with the modern version of the programme too. Moving so fast that you often can’t hold a moment of tension at the point of maximum jeopardy. The pace trips over itself meaning the resolve all but disappears. I’ve always preferred the slower paced stories..
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Adam Tandy
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My problem were the sections that intercut long action scenes between A and B plots. Faster yes, but the sound edit struggled with lots of overlapping dialogue and then, with the pace dialled up so fast, when the slower final act began (at a point of maximum jeopardy) they had to junk a lot of it.
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Adam Tandy
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It’s what Readers Digest did to Dickens, and I don’t approve, but I’d rather have a Folio edition of Great Expectations than a pile of old copies of All The Year Round.
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Adam Tandy
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ref your comments re donkey porn…
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Adam Tandy
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I think Tugger Tom, if the conservatives want to rebuild around something that might get them elected. Tony Blair of the right rather than Michael Foot of the far right. Either way, they have ten years to work out what a credible alternative to the shitshow we’ve endured for the last decade is.
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Adam Tandy
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Seen. Plus the polls already have my constituency as a 98% sure thing, so why bother?
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Adam Tandy
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It makes me think that the polls are over-reporting Con support; the opposite of the effect we’ve seen in previous elections. I suspect many previously Con voters will just stay at home on polling day.
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Adam Tandy
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When The Vote Comes In is your punchline here I think.
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Adam Tandy
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I’m reposting this as a way of giving back…
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Joel Morris
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We’ve switched our mortgage to Exposure Only and it’s really helped in the current freelance market. Every unpaid or low paid bit of work is now offset against the monthly repayments, as long as people have heard of us and can ask for more free work. I don’t know why we ever bothered with “money”.
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Adam Tandy
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This is why Naomi is the star she is.
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John Ross
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The testicular microplastics story reminds me of the Flann O’Brien bit in The Third Policeman about the postman who becomes 71% bicycle
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Adam Tandy
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The film doesn’t have to recoup, but a film release does generate a lot of interest from the press. More than for a streaming “drop”. All of that heat (even for clever people who spot the logo) drives subscriptions and lowers churn. Job done.
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Ian Martin
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Adam Tandy
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It had to be approved by loads of departments right up to Charlotte Moore, and then cascaded back down to pres., Network, and the Press Office. Those were the Zoom meetings with 30 people.
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Adam Tandy
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There was plenty of discussion about the precise wording of the necessary warning, so as not to tip the wink. It was EdPol who came up with the exact form of words we used, and I love them forever for entering into the spirit.
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Adam Tandy
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You are right, and the fun of Inside No.9 for a producer is getting out the entire toolbox bit by bit, knowing how to use the tools. However, you do need a team that will join in the game of DIY. It isn’t always easy to take them from, say, Paraskevidekatriaphobia to 3x3
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Adam Tandy
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On ionPlayer
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Adam Tandy
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Did NationalTheatre Live cover it? I’ll definitely catch it at my local Curzon when it comes around…
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Adam Tandy
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I felt it set out our stall for the series so perfectly that it had to be up first. Some ‘other’ people argued for A Quiet Night In which was perhaps a more significant episode, but then placing that second in the run showed we weren’t going to be predictable. Did the same for S2.
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Adam Tandy
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All the creatives entirely sold on the concept of compressing all those creative tools into a single iPad, and the result just looks like destruction. How much better would it have been to run it backwards and call the ad “unCrush”?
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Adam Tandy
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The commoditisation of scant narrative is the scourge of modern box set TV, but if you have to have it, then at least spin out the story rather than abandon it for an episode or so. It might provide for watchable content, but not serving the vector requirements of the overall story arc is bad.
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Sandra Newman
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The trolley problem most of us face is that we're on the trolley with no access to any lever and it takes the track that kills the most people every single day.
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Adam Tandy
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Creatives used to listen to people on public transport too. The omnibus. But not these days when the vast majority of folk appear to be jacked into their creative echo chamber via a pair of Air Pods. Recycled thinking.
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Adam Tandy
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Any public forum. It occurs to me that funny things always happen on the way to the forum too. But not if you’re an AI techbro insulated from new ideas in your Tesla.
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Adam Tandy
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That’s why you have producers. Topical comedy is particularly problematic because its rewatchability is reduced. I budgetted Armistice quickies as either £2000 jokes or £5000 jokes. We had £10k per show. It focussed the comic imperative beautifully. We did spend more on larger items of course.
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Adam Tandy
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It is actually a named dish for people of my goddaughter’s age. “What would you like for lunch?” “A meal deal.”
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Joel Morris
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