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By: - 8th August 2003 at 04:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's around London I thought.
By: - 8th August 2003 at 08:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Elstree for the interiors.
By: - 8th August 2003 at 12:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Its based in Merton in surrey which is about 5 miles away from where I live. My Mum works in Morden which is 1/2 mile away.
It was only a month ago that they were filming outside my local UCI cinema in Sutton, where I live. I managed to see a few of th characters, only one of which I can name, thats Todd Carty, Used to play Mark in Eastenders.
By: - 8th August 2003 at 13:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hang on, there are some scary similarities here. I initially grew up in Sutton with my mother working in Morden!
By: - 8th August 2003 at 14:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Where does your mother work in Morden Wys?
By: - 8th August 2003 at 15:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
She used to work in Crown House (the curve shaped building) but she retired nearly 15 years ago.
By: - 8th August 2003 at 16:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Do I recall hearing something about The Bill and Seville?
By: - 8th August 2003 at 20:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Re: The Bill
Originally posted by steve rowell
Does anyone know where the Bill is shot.
Iv'e noticed nearly every episode when they are filming on location you can hear the sound of jets taking off or landing
They record so much per week that they can't afford to stop shooting every time a plane flies over as they would do in a conventional drama shoot in order to preserve continuity of sound for editing purposes.
It all looks seamless on the telly, but the way they shoot dramas means that they need to shoot all one actors bits first and then the other actor's bits (assuming a 2 character scene). If the plane is only flying past during one actor's takes then it will sound ridiculous when they cut to the other actor in the edit suite and back again, between two actors exchanging dialogue.
To get round this they add the extra extraneous sounds at the dubbing stage I.E. planes, trains, traffic etc. To make it sound like it's there throughout the whole scene.
It's known in the biz as adding a "wild track" and is extremely common. As The Bill's exteriors are shot around the city, it's no surprise there are a lot of aircraft noises in the soundtrack.
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By: steve rowell - 8th August 2003 at 04:23
Does anyone know where the Bill is shot.
Iv'e noticed nearly every episode when they are filming on location you can hear the sound of jets taking off or landing