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In the land of the Northern Lights
Can anyone advise the background music in particular the piece played when Joanna Lumley was watching the Northern Lights towards the end of the programme broadcast last Sunday?
Answers
Are you sure there was CGI?
Standard 25p/50i HD cameras wouldn't be able to capture the Northern Lights - as you saw they only just about gave slightly (though not that bad for the light level) grainy pictures of Joanna. If you had used image intensifier technology you'd have ended up with even noisier pictures - and possibly in B&W.
The shots of the...
Standard 25p/50i HD cameras wouldn't be able to capture the Northern Lights - as you saw they only just about gave slightly (though not that bad for the light level) grainy pictures of Joanna. If you had used image intensifier technology you'd have ended up with even noisier pictures - and possibly in B&W.
The shots of the...
15:09 Thu 11th Sep 2008
Are you sure there was CGI?
Standard 25p/50i HD cameras wouldn't be able to capture the Northern Lights - as you saw they only just about gave slightly (though not that bad for the light level) grainy pictures of Joanna. If you had used image intensifier technology you'd have ended up with even noisier pictures - and possibly in B&W.
The shots of the Northern Lights looked to be much longer exposure stills (possibly captured over a second or so, rather than the 1/25th second exposure you'd need for 25p capture) with Joanna trying to stand as still as possible (you could see her wobbling a bit) - which ensured we got amazing quality (probably taken with a decent digital SLR that delivers very high res stills) in full colour. Didn't seem to be CGIed or heavily composited though - and it looked as if they were showing the stills for approx the same duration as they were exposed for - to give something approaching "real time" motion (albeit at a low frame rate) with mixes between the stills (as you saw Joanna moving very slowly)
Think it was the best solution - the photography of the lights was stunning - far better than many standard stills I've seen.
Standard 25p/50i HD cameras wouldn't be able to capture the Northern Lights - as you saw they only just about gave slightly (though not that bad for the light level) grainy pictures of Joanna. If you had used image intensifier technology you'd have ended up with even noisier pictures - and possibly in B&W.
The shots of the Northern Lights looked to be much longer exposure stills (possibly captured over a second or so, rather than the 1/25th second exposure you'd need for 25p capture) with Joanna trying to stand as still as possible (you could see her wobbling a bit) - which ensured we got amazing quality (probably taken with a decent digital SLR that delivers very high res stills) in full colour. Didn't seem to be CGIed or heavily composited though - and it looked as if they were showing the stills for approx the same duration as they were exposed for - to give something approaching "real time" motion (albeit at a low frame rate) with mixes between the stills (as you saw Joanna moving very slowly)
Think it was the best solution - the photography of the lights was stunning - far better than many standard stills I've seen.
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