> ....it would have the look and feel of the 1950s, like this one: How to get stereo sound on BBC Radio .... Note the absence of camera slider track dolly movements, multi-angle edits, post dubbed audio...
I feel sure that Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum is 1957-1963. Several of those shots could not be modern recreations. Also nobody shoots for that texture of film today, even when 'shooting historic'. (And it is film NOT video.)
Camera dolly and tracks, multi-camera cuts, and post-dub audio have been SOP in the talking film industry since the 1930s. Some of this does seem a bit over-the-top technically for the BBC's dry humour; but the director can indulge himself.
Also compare with Spaghetti Harvest from 1957, shot for £100 and the loan of Richard Dimbleby's throat.
Spaghetti-tree hoax - Wikipedia
Is this the best April Fool's ever? Witness - BBC News - YouTube
Re-shot in 1978:
The Spaghetti "Harvest" - San Giorgio Spaghetti ad (1978) - YouTube
I feel sure that Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum is 1957-1963. Several of those shots could not be modern recreations. Also nobody shoots for that texture of film today, even when 'shooting historic'. (And it is film NOT video.)
Camera dolly and tracks, multi-camera cuts, and post-dub audio have been SOP in the talking film industry since the 1930s. Some of this does seem a bit over-the-top technically for the BBC's dry humour; but the director can indulge himself.
Also compare with Spaghetti Harvest from 1957, shot for £100 and the loan of Richard Dimbleby's throat.
Spaghetti-tree hoax - Wikipedia
Is this the best April Fool's ever? Witness - BBC News - YouTube
Re-shot in 1978:
The Spaghetti "Harvest" - San Giorgio Spaghetti ad (1978) - YouTube
