Visible crew/equipment: When the Highway Patrol car pulls away from the house, the shadows of the film crew (wearing hats), the camera and a light pole are all outlined on its big white doors. (00:16:50)
Jean G
18th Jan 2008
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
8th Jan 2008
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Return to Devil's Hole - S1-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Heyes hands Curry the money and rides away, a window behind Curry reflects several studio lights. (00:11:45)
30th Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Free for All - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: Watch the water at the lower left of the screen as Number 6 makes his speedboat escape attempt. You can see the wake created by the camera crew's boat.
26th Dec 2007
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Visible crew/equipment: When Heyes and Curry leave the saloon and walk across the street, a microphone mounted on the camera rigging pops up into the shot at the bottom of the frame and follows along beside them. (This is visible in the US aired and vhs versions, but was edited out of both the BBC version and the recent dvd release.) (00:14:00)
21st Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: Watch the bottom left corner of the screen when Rover turns around and begins pushing Number 6 away from the helicopter. A film crewmember's head (probably that of the technician operating the weather balloon that played Rover) appears briefly in the shot.
17th Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: In the foot-chase-on-the-beach scene, there are tracks in the sand from the camera crew's truck. They vanish and then reappear when the camera angle changes.
16th Dec 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: When Sangre attacks the soldier and the man's rifle falls during the fight, the shot cuts to a close-up of the gun - and we can see several white blocking marks chalked on the floor beside it. (00:33:50)
16th Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: When Number 6 first walks into his Village bedroom, a film crew member can be spotted walking past the window.
16th Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: When Number 6 holds up the radio, the camera angle tilts just enough to show us a brief glimpse of the top edge of the studio set.
14th Dec 2007
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Visible crew/equipment: Several times in this episode, the side of McGarrett's shiny black Mercury sedan mirrors an entire bank of big square studio light reflectors. (00:35:00)
13th Dec 2007
The Explosive Generation (1961)
Visible crew/equipment: When William Shatner's character first enters the classroom, the boom mike is hanging completely into the frame at the top of the screen, and can be seen sweeping to the left as the students take their seats. (This is visible in both aired-on-TV and DVD versions.). (00:12:15)
10th Dec 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: Number 6 enters the room with the huge globe, and we "follow" him around a map table. As the camera passes the table, it films its own shadow falling across the map.
17th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
The Guns of Johnny Rondo - S3-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When Rondo and his son Dan ride through High Chaparral's gate, there are tire tread marks visible in the dirt.
15th Nov 2007
The High Chaparral (1967)
The Legacy - S3-E11
Visible crew/equipment: While Burnett sits in the hotel room chair talking to Trice, an equipment shadow moves across the top of his head. (00:26:15)
13th Nov 2007
The Prisoner (1967)
Visible crew/equipment: When Number 48 jumps from the council table, there's a clear shadow on the left of someone holding up a still camera.
5th Aug 2007
The Invisible Man (2000)
Visible crew/equipment: Hobbes opens the Agency van's door, and captures the reflection of a large round stage light. (00:18:20)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Mind and the Matter - S2-E27
Visible crew/equipment: While Beechcroft talks to his boss in the men's room, the boom shadow moves across the wall at the upper right of the screen. (00:03:35)
31st Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: When Chris escorts Grandma Bayles up the stairs, a blocking mark is plainly visible at the lower right, chalked on the carpet. (00:05:25)
24th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: When Sykes opens the Sheriff's office door to leave, the "sky" outside has a very large equipment shadow on it, hanging over the building across the street. (00:05:10)
14th Jul 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Lateness of the Hour - S2-E8
Visible crew/equipment: As Robert is pouring Dr. Loren's drink, an equipment shadow moves across the top of Jana's head in the foreground. (00:08:20)
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