I know the series used lots of appropriate sound effects & dubbed dialogue were it was needed most often outdoors.
To that end I'm curious about the use of the stars vehicles inside the studio.
When the shot was clearly in-studio were the cars ever started and actually driven for a a few meters?
Or was the sound effects department tasked with dubbing in the car doors closing and engines engaging etc.?
Two clear examples - both from EPIC - are Emma and Steed departing for Fitzroy Lane and the hearse being driven forward in the graveyard scene.
If the vehicles aren't in fact running as I suspect how did the crew set them in motion? From the front with a rope or perhaps from behind with a broad shouldered crew member?
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There are numerous behind the scenes publicity stills showing Emma's Lotus up on wooden blocks for filming so it certainly wouldn't be moving for that. And there would be a lot of SFX dubbed over.
However, I would hazard a guess that the moving hearse in Epic was driven but it may have been on a dolly or pulled by the crew to guarantee the shot, but it certainly moves like it was under its own power.
However, I would hazard a guess that the moving hearse in Epic was driven but it may have been on a dolly or pulled by the crew to guarantee the shot, but it certainly moves like it was under its own power.
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This is one of the reasons that give the first three series their vibrant energy. When -for instance- Honor Blackman rides her motorcycle in Build A Better Mousetrap it is very much real.
For the filmed series, now we have HD versions, aren't there any exhaust fumes visible?
That would be a definitive way to settle it.
For the filmed series, now we have HD versions, aren't there any exhaust fumes visible?
That would be a definitive way to settle it.