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Arfa Daily wrote:
So Dave, do you happen to know if "New Tricks" is shot available light ?
Not sure.

I was watching last week's episode that I had recorded, and that looked
just like "The Bill" used to. Do you also happen to know how Euston
Films shot "Minder" ? I watched an old episode of that on ITV4 tonight,
and again, it had a lovely 'untouched' look. Was that actually film,
naturally lit, or video ?

Euston Films never used video. Suitable location equipment simply wasn't
available in those days. They mostly used 16mm - with some 8mm if they
wanted a particular effect.

I should make clear that making something look like it's shot by available
light doesn't mean actually doing just that. Reflectors and flags etc are
used to reduce the contrast to acceptable limits. To do it well can be
more time consuming than actually lighting the thing. ;-) But things like
Minder from Euston films were shot at breakneck speeds in normal film
terms. ;-)

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