Visible crew/equipment: After Sykes shoots the Transit Cop on the "L" Richard pulls the emergency brake, and in the following shot facing Richard as the train screeches in flashes of darkness, the reflection of a crew member quickly becomes visible on the glass window beside Richard. (01:47:45)
Super Grover
7th Oct 2022
The Fugitive (1993)
30th Sep 2022
The Patty Duke Show (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: After Graig returns Patty's math book, Cathy tries to use the pamphlet's rules as she follows Craig. When Craig thanks Cathy for helping him with Latin, the boom mic repeatedly pops up into view in the bottom right corner of the screen. (00:18:10)
24th Sep 2022
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: After Stottlemeyer swipes the keys to Captain Cage's office, when he and Disher enter Cage's office the reflections of the moving boom pole and camera operator beside the camera are visible on the glass window. (00:20:45)
14th Sep 2022
Twins (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: When Julius enters the supermarket parking lot, in the long shot we can see the stunt ramp used to lift the driver's side of the car, to go into ski mode. In this and following long shots of the stunt, we can also see the window roll cage bar directly behind the front windshield (the obvious stunt driver grips the roll bar with his left hand and steers with his right hand), as well as the top of the seat supports behind the front headrests. (00:30:55)
12th Sep 2022
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Brackett's helicopter takes off the filming helicopter can be seen through the window. (00:03:45)
9th Sep 2022
24 (2001)
Day 6: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - S6-E3
Visible crew/equipment: After Tom tells President Palmer that Sandra has been arrested, when it cuts to the interior shot inside the car with Agent Samuels in the front passenger seat, the camera pans toward the rear passenger window showing all the protesters outside. In this shot there's a reflection of the camera operator's leg, wearing shorts, white socks and sneakers, and who is sitting where Sandra should be.
9th Sep 2022
24 (2001)
Day 6: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - S6-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Jack pulls over at the side of the road, as he informs Curtis that Assad is two miles ahead on the service road, the red T-mark is visible on the ground where the two men will stand.
27th Nov 2018
Gilmore Girls (2000)
He's Slippin' 'Em Bread... Dig? - S6-E10
Visible crew/equipment: After Rory calls Paris to tell her she's going back to Yale, when Lorelai walks into the kitchen and removes her jacket, the red T-mark is visible on the floor behind her chair. (00:23:35)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Townie - S1-E24
Factual error: After John-Boy and Sarah's date at the double-feature, during the ride back home when John-Boy tells Sarah that there's nothing to makeup and he's not mad, through the windshield 1970s vehicles are parked directly ahead of John's pickup truck. (00:08:25)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Townie - S1-E24
Deliberate mistake: When Ted sees Ep's roadblock he turns the LaSalle Coupe around to avoid the sheriff, and the next wideshot of Ted and Sarah driving the LaSalle down the road is a flipped shot, note everything is backwards. (00:36:45)
5th Sep 2022
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy falls off the ladder and breaks his wrist Zeb drives him to the doctor in the truck. During their drive we can see through the window behind them, and there's a crew member wearing a red shirt riding along in the back, as they drive past a parked 1970s station wagon. The camera and its operator are casting a shadow on Zeb as well. (00:18:25)
25th Aug 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are driving in the squad, while discussing Roy's last phone call from Susan, Johnny's lack of tact, etc., and particularly as they're being dispatched to the "possible maternity case," in every shot facing Johnny pay attention to the window behind the guys, because we can see a crew member's right hand, wearing a ring, who's holding a rope while he's riding on the back of the squad.
28th Aug 2022
The Good Son (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Henry helps pull Mark onto the treehouse at the beginning of the film, if you look very closely to the left you can just make out a crew member dressed in black helping him on to the platform. The crew member then ducks back under the platform.
29th Aug 2022
Breaking Bad (2008)
4 Days Out - S2-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Jesse declares he's going to start walking and sits up in the cot, Walt reaches out to him and a boom mic is visible at the top of the screen. (00:34:25)
29th Aug 2022
The Simpsons Game (2007)
Continuity mistake: Level 12 "Grand Theft Scratchy" cutscene: When Marge tells Poochie that even he isn't "extreme enough to resist the power of a stay-at-home mom, with too much time on her hands," Poochie is wearing two bracelets, but next shot both bracelets have vanished, then continues to reappear (even within the same shot) and disappear again.
4th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: After Colonel Brunson's funeral it cuts to Rose in the living room, and when Elizabeth and Drew walk into the Walton house, the black T-mark is visible on the rug where Elizabeth stands. (00:07:00)
5th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
The Home Front: Part 2 - S8-E2
Visible crew/equipment: When Ike removes the gas pump from John's truck he turns to put it away, and the black wire as well as the bulging outline of the mic transmitter are visible at the back of his waist. Then after John pays Ike for the gas, Calvin pulls alongside John just as he reaches up to wipe his truck's windshield, and we can see the bulging outline of the mic transmitter and its wire on John's back.
4th Sep 2019
The Waltons (1972)
Visible crew/equipment: While the family starts packing up their car with John's suitcases and boxes, right after John says, "I just don't want any kind of a big scene," a cluster of boom mics dip into view and stays there at the top of the screen, over Mary Ellen and Jason. Then in the closeup, as John agrees that they will all go see Olivia, a crew member wearing a blue shirt (with a front pocket) is visible in the vehicle's window reflection. (00:44:40)
26th Aug 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: After they're told to switch cars, Rockford gives in and joins Kalifer in the yellow Nova. In the closeup, when Rockford tells Kalifer, "Just shut up and go," as the car starts to move in this closeup, crew members are reflected on the car's rear window. (00:17:15)
26th Aug 2022
The Rockford Files (1974)
Local Man Eaten by Newspaper - S5-E12
Visible crew/equipment: After Jim tells Rocky that he's going to sue the newspaper, it cuts to Augie and Leo waiting in their car. When Rockford and Rocky drive off in their vehicles, just as Leo starts to follow Rockford, the reflections of the camera operator, camera, boom operator, and boom mic are visible on the car's window. (00:24:15)
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