Visible crew/equipment: (Part 3) After Omega has revealed himself to The Third Doctor, Jo, and Dr. Tyler, when he begins to speak privately to The Doctor the camera casts a shadow on Omega's body. Then after Omega turns around the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen. And when Omega starts walking forward, the shadow of equipment (presumably the boom and mic) is moving on the far wall, near the lower left of the screen. (00:03:10)
Super Grover
24th Jan 2017
Doctor Who (1963)
24th Jan 2017
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: After Goober has deliberately removed the distributor cap from Andy's squad car, when Andy slams the hood shut we can see the reflection of the filming crew on Floyd's window. Then when Andy and Helen drive away in Goober's truck, the microphone pops up into view at the bottom of the screen. (00:17:20)
24th Jan 2017
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Visible crew/equipment: After Andy agrees with Helen to suggest a blind-date for Warren, when it cuts to Warren walking into the courthouse, we can see set lighting and equipment behind the door instead of the usual painted backdrop. (00:01:55)
24th Jan 2017
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: After Kira returns the expensive gift to Zek, when Quark kneels in front of Zek we can see the T-mark on the floor, under the table. (00:23:15)
23rd Jan 2017
Doctor Who (2005)
Forest of the Dead (2) - S4-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When River punches the Doctor, laying him out, just as he drops to the floor we can see the actor's green tape mark at River's feet. (00:33:20)
23rd Jan 2017
Doctor Who (2005)
Silence in the Library (1) - S4-E8
Visible crew/equipment: While the Doctor tries to get into the data core (after Proper Dave tried) it cuts to the telephone still ringing, and when the young girl asks her dad why he's not answering the phone, just as he tells her that the phone is not ringing the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen. (00:19:40)
6th Jan 2017
Pieces of April (2003)
Visible crew/equipment: When Latrell brings Bobby to the thrift store and opens the front door, the reflections of the cameraman, camera, and the guy holding up the reflector screen can be seen on the glass door. (00:37:35)
6th Jan 2017
Three's Company (1977)
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - S8-E2
Visible crew/equipment: After Jack talks to Larry about the magazine quiz Jack asks Janet if anything's been bothering her, and just as Terri walks out of the kitchen holding the two cans, a crew member's hand can be seen behind Terri placing a bag on the counter. (00:04:15)
6th Jan 2017
I Love Lucy (1951)
The Ricardos Are Interviewed - S5-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Ricky's new agent stops by the apartment to talk to him, Fred and Ethel are standing in front of the desk, and there's a T-mark on the floor in front of Ethel's feet. (00:04:50)
6th Jan 2017
I Love Lucy (1951)
Homecoming - S5-E6
Visible crew/equipment: During the episode a small tape mark is visible on the floor between the coffee table and the couch, and a T-mark can be seen on the floor near the desk, such as when Lucy starts telling her guests about their "fabulous" trip, Ethel stands at the T-mark and a female guest stands at the tape mark. (00:07:05)
6th Jan 2017
I Love Lucy (1951)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ethel walks into her hotel room and tells Lucy and Fred about having to push the motorcycle to three different places, the second camera (or other equipment) keeps moving in and out of shot at the right side of the screen. (00:13:00)
6th Jan 2017
I Love Lucy (1951)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ricky is with John Wayne in his dressing room at the studio, getting yet another set of footprints on the block of cement, three T-marks are visible on the floor. One of those T-marks can be seen closeup when Wayne is lying on the table for his rubdown. (00:18:10)
6th Jan 2017
Extant (2014)
Visible crew/equipment: When Molly walks into the "memory lane" tent at the carnival, four shots in we can see the reflection of a crewmember (moving dark silhouette) on the glass display beside the entrance. Then as Molly turns the crank and looks into the Mutoscope, in the wideshot we can see a crouching male crewmember hiding behind the case, at the left side of the screen. (00:28:15)
1st Jan 2017
Extant (2014)
Visible crew/equipment: After Molly coughs up blood while she's with Dorothy, when it cuts to Julie walking into the Humanichs lab, as the camera pans to the right we can see the reflection of a crewmember (crouching behind a cup) on the glass wall. (00:35:55)
1st Jan 2017
Cheers (1982)
One for the Road (1) - S11-E26
Visible crew/equipment: When Rebecca leaves Don at the table to relax while she gets champagne to "celebrate the answer", it cuts to an overhead shot as we hear the TV host introduce Salman Rushdie and Dr. Ruth, and the set lighting can be seen as well as the boom and mic moving around at the top of the screen. A few minutes later the mic can be seen bobbing again in the overhead shot from the same angle. (00:03:20 - 00:08:20)
16th Dec 2016
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Visible crew/equipment: After JD tells Schatze that Tom came to the wedding and he isn't wearing a tie, just as Schatze says, "Who does he think he is anyway, crashing my wedding," we can see the shadow of the boom mic drop into view on the wall, at the left side of the screen. (01:27:55)
9th Dec 2016
B.A.P.S. (1997)
Visible crew/equipment: When Nisi and Mickey first walk into the bathroom Mickey asks why there are two toilets, and in the next shot the microphone pops up into view at the bottom of the screen.
9th Dec 2016
Chico and the Man (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ed, Chico, and Louie are at the diner, when Anita pours Louie some coffee Chico comments that she's a strange girl, and in the next shot the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen. (00:14:30)
9th Dec 2016
Chico and the Man (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ed is speaking with the judge in her chambers Chico is brought into the room, and just as Chico tells the judge that he's never in his life seen Ed, the boom mic dips into view and moves around at the top of the screen.
9th Dec 2016
Chico and the Man (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After Chico tells Ed and Louie about the girl in the see-through blouse who sits beside him in the jury box, when Louie asks Chico to tell them about the trial, the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen.
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