[quote user="Deggesty"]
Wayne, I agree with you: the producers know so little about what they want to present and add anything which they think is relevant to the primary topic.
Johnny
Sam, I dont believe the producers of the shows you mentioned think the viewers are clueless. It's more like the production staff is clueless!
"Oh, this show's about a train? Get some stock train footage and go to work!"
It's usually the old TV production thing, "We don't need it good, we need it next week!"
By the way, I know what you mean about Brit steamers being placed in an American content show. We were watching one last year when there was a supposed American train run-by, and Lady Firestorm blurted out "That's not an American train! It looks like 'Thomas The Tank Engine!'"
What are you gonna do? I drive Lady F crazy all the time correcting what I see on the tube, although sometimes she gets to go to town as well! Don't try to pass off a show as happening in the 30's or 40's if she's watching and the hairstyles and fashions aren't right!
Wayne
Just trying to make a personal point of a gripe, I've been developing for some time! At time, it seems some other posters her have complained about The Media, what it [media producers] seem to take fail to realize; or takes for granted, in its consuming public.
Caught a topic 'teaser' on a Travl> Channel TV Show [Mysteries at the Museum]; the opening was a photo of a Royal Mail Railway Post Office Car ( repleat with an official crest). The piece was about the '1963 Great Train Robbery' in England.
Immediately, after the opening, while giving some narative, the photo cut-in was of a whole string of [American] Tri-level auto racks, and then another cut of American Railroad cars. . The narrative broadcast was in reference to railroading in England, and specifically, the train robbery in 1963.
On other programming, on shows/channels like on the Discovery Channel, and some of the A&E programming, they will be doing narrations on American railroading, and thenshow clips, cut-ins, of [Obviously!] English rail eqipment, and UK steam engines!
I have a tendency to watch only so much of the currently televised media news drivel, and then seek to go find some alternative broadcast programming, to sort of cleanse my brain(?).
My question is: Do the folks[film editors] putting together programming such as the above; really think that 100% of their viewers are that clueless? It is the little details that tend to be something like the torture of a 1,000 cuts that will drive one over the edge.
OK! Rant OFF! and go let the dog out!
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