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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amigas on TV's "CALL RED"
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 14:12:08 GMT
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- ja@oasis.icl.co.uk (James Allen) wrote:
-
- >Oh I love seeing Amigas used in TV programs..It`s always a buzz to
- >see a 1942 monitor sitting there and knowing that an Amiga is
- >generating the display. Anyway, this is just what happens in ITV`s
- >new TV drama series `Call Red`. I first thought I`d seen an Amiga
- >display when they were running trailers for the show and now that
- >I have seen the program I know for sure that it was definetely the
- >Amiga I saw.
- >They have a number of 1942`s set up in the control room (the show
- >is about an airbourne medical rescue team), and a special control
- >system used for receiving details about emergency calls made.
- >As soon as you see the display you cant help noticing the Topaz
- >font used which is a major giveaway, and it has a very familar
- >feel to it. They also use one of the displays to run a medical
- >simulator program where people can perform operations on screen.
- >It all looks pretty impressive. Oh and you sometimes see a screen
- >blanker which has little helicoptors flying across the screen..I want
- >this blanker.. :)))
- >Anyway, it`s great to see a program which uses the Amiga like this
- >and is really the only reason I watch this program, oh and for
- >the gorgeous female Doctor (Allie Bryne I think ) ;>
-
- >Oh and talking about Amigas on TV, did anyone catch Beadles Hotshots
- >on Saturday (yes I know!!)..One video was made by a guy who Beadle
- >said enjoyed playing about with Camcorders and Computers. He had done
- >a warping animation of his son and animated it to music. It looked like
- >something done with Morph Plus and had that distinctive Amiga video output
- >feel to it. He also did an animation of Beadles head being distorted
- >or something and I laughed when I heard the Pot Black music module being
- >played on top of it...
-
- >Yep, this is all pretty sad, but there is just something great about
- >seeing Amigas featured on TV...It`s just something that PC owners
- >can never understand... ;>>>
-
- >--
- > ******_******************************************************* ******
- >* _ //-PPC- * Simpsons, Highlander, ST:TNG, Babylon 5, X-Files *
- >* \\ // To the * Letterman, Nowhere man, ST:Voyager Fan - Oh yes! *
- >* \X/ Future * "I`m not a couch potato honest! :)" *
- >* ------------ - ----------- --------------------------------------- *
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- >* ************* ************** ********************************* *** *
- >* .James Allen. * EMail: ja@dsbc.icl.co.uk * AT *
- >* AKA $LiNG$hOT * or: James.Allen@bra0101.wins.icl.co.uk * AT *
- > **************************** ********************************* ***
-
- Amigas have often been used in Video production (on set) as opposed to
- post prodcution as it syncs to 50 or 60 Hz. Why? Because PC monitors
- dont. This causes a banding effect when shot on Video (not on film).
-
-