Vince Deehan (vince@deehan.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 07 Jan 1998 19:31:49 GMT
Steven Moffat asked me to post this to the list.
Vince Deehan.
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STEVEN MOFFAT writes:
> I've been trawling the newsgroup again. Would you mind posting for me?
>
> Newsgroup post:
>
> I've been having a look again and I thought I'd answer a few points.
>
> In defence of directors: The crap recap (recrap) scene in How To Make A
> Killing is entirely my fault - I write the dialogue, not the directors. If
> the 'dear diary' scene in 'How To Make A Killing' is a disappointment, keep
> in mind it was the very first scene we did for the third series after a two
> year break from the show - it always took time to get us back in the swing of
> things.
Vince - Steven means KILLER ON THE LINE !
> Boring-not-to-say-anal detail about the set: For Series One the newsroom was
> shot on location in the real room in the real building. For Series Two the
> building was about to be demolished so after shooting a couple of exterior
> scenes on location, we built an rather inexact duplicate of the set at
> Pinewood. The corridor was substantially different (smaller with fewer
> doors)
> and the room itself became squarer and slightly smaller). The set was then
> destroyed. For Series Three and Four an exact duplicate was built, with
> a new
> colour scheme to represent the new professional status of the Junior
> Gazette.
> For Series Five we used the same set but with a modified (even smaller)
> corridor. (Watch out for Head And Heart - the corridor inexplicably changes
> colour scheme half way through.) The doors, incidentally, swung whatever way
> suited for the shot and therefore changed all the time.
>
> Spike's Dad: I'm pretty careful about continuity and this one did have me
> scratching my head a bit - specifically the line about Spike's father hitting
> his mother. I proceeded with the new take on the relationship because there
> was nothing that couldn't be reconciled. If Mum treated Dad as badly as Day
> Dreams suggests it's possible that he hit her and that she felt responsible
> for it - but that Spike blamed his father. On the Series Four interpretation
> we can assume that Spike's father bitterly regretted the incident but this
> was
> not enough for his son to forgive him. Yes, it should have been mentioned in
> Love and War but it would have been confusing for anyone without a detailed
> recollection of A Night In (practically everybody). Yes, this was an example
> of me changing my mind but it wasn't because I just forgot - honest, I'm not
> that careless.
>
> Finally: will you guys ever ever ever ever stop kicking my head in about
> Chalk? Nobody's perfect. Have you never had a bad day at the office?? Do I
> have to get neurotic and start listing all my awards? (None of which,
> admittedly, were for Chalk). And anyway, parts of the second series were
> pretty funny - not that anyone was still watching.
>
> And speaking of awards, congrats to Matt for the site award (pretty
> impressive
> considering your site is dedicated to a long defunct children's show) and
> Murray for being such a clever bastard and getting a first.
>
> Steven Moffat (who only got a second)
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