Hi Tom. The whole thing was a pain in the arse but was also great fun to do. Thank you for noticing the ‘craft’ involved in producing these sequences. I was the designer responsible from No.4 through to 21 years of Alright on the Night and it was always a challenge to produce a new title for each of the shows. I am grateful to Denis Norden and the producer Paul Lewis who supported me even if they didn’t notice the compass!
More thoughts...When making these sequences I know, that at best, they will only be seen a couple of times, so it’s surprise to discover a young boy would remember them and make a film about one in particular.
Real life: Throwing pebbles, not really knowing where they will land and sometimes, sometimes being allowed to see a ripple in the river of time you just know was caused by one of yours...
“They bothered to make the compass spin”. This reminds me of a story I heard about the original Lord of the Rings trilogy. The armourers and leatherworkers were so enthusiastic that they engraved the different cultural motifs/insignia on the inner areas of garments/equipment despite knowing it would not be visible on the screen. I think that kind of passion bleeds over into the visible work, and the audience appreciated the authenticity. PS - I only discovered Tom 24 hours ago, and this content is lovely.
Final thought...I guess if I were to do it all again the OS map would be replaced with an iPad with google maps, the laser with a transitional glitch, I would have used a drone with a lidar scanner to create a point cloud for the terrain using MR for the scene. Denis would be a digital avatar using body and facial capture generated live from a MoCap studio. If Star Wars can do it then it’s only a matter of time…
But why an iPad, though? An Android/Windows tablet (a Surface Pro, for example) would be more appropriate, since obviously Android is a Google thing, and Microsoft and Google have a better relationship than Google and Apple do. Though, I get your point. IPads have become the default brand for tablets, just like Kleenex.
@Gazza Boo Cheers. Great points - it's probably something as simple as that. Amazing video, this was one of Tom's best. Cool how a title sequence from all those years ago has made us appreciate the work of these people.
There is a very similar phrase of “bumping the lamp” from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. One scene had real swinging lamp as a light source and the animators went the extra mile to make sure the lighting on the animated Roger Rabbit character was perfect in every frame. Quite time consuming back in the 1980s.
@@FerventRebutter it was always reffered to as a rotdot where I was from as it looks like it is spinning (ROTating) (sort of). Mind that this was before the days when you could just look up what it was called on the Internet.
I came back to watch this too after his goodbye video. I have to agree with you as it is also my favorite Tom Scott video. I'm amazed by how amazed Tom is with this title sequence. What a pro!
I'm not entirely convinced that it's Matt. Wouldn't his radio workplace have more going-ons as Christmas comes near ? Also if it was I'm sure he'd be credited...
@@brycechristensen2296 That was true 6+ years ago, but with big budgets, you can make it look exactly the same as a set, because everything on a set is controlled. Even if it isn’t a set it is easy enough to do if you are creative with it.
Walking for 20 minutes uphill while delivering dialog is a magnificent skill. Props to the camera person too :D Keeping you in frame while walking up hill, mabey even backwards.
So Tom (and cameraman!) walked that entire distance for a full 18 minutes, did it in one take (even if there were multiple attempts), and arrived at the exact correct point just as the dialogue concluded. That's great work.
I really hope the magic laser sees this video. It's really hard to get ablative propulsion off a piece of paper without any discharge being visible or without significant damage to the paper. That must have been a lot of effort.
So the cameraman had to climb up the hill, backwards, filming Tom, deploy a drone, climb down the hill to be out of the shot, and fly the drone for that ending. I feel like thats exactly what Tom was talking about in this video
“They bothered to make the compass spin” should be a phrase that’s used to describe the type of dedication someone puts in for something that arguably isn’t worth it
@@phoule76 this is different though. To have unsorted i's and uncrossed t's is understandable but incorrect. Had they not spun the compass it would still be as correct as it is, but less good.
It's also the subconscious value we attribute, not knowing exactly why we liked this or that so much, we just get the overall feeling how amazing it was until someone points out, did you notice the compass, and the lighting, the whooshing effects? You kind of noticed them, but it was like trying to drink from a firehose. There were no metrics for the brilliancy of the performance.
I was working in CG in 1996. That title sequence was the subject of coffee break conversations. The thing about VFX is that most of the time we were trying to go unnoticed. We even had a saying, "For 99% of the time, if you can see that we did something its because we did it wrong." It was, and mainly still is, all about selling the shot, making the audience not even think to question what they see. So being able to show-off a bit is a cool gig for an effects artist.
I grew up through the 90s and 00s, I loved the fact that every single person watched that same episode at the exact same time and then going to school the next day and everyone was talking about that particular episode.
The compass anecdote reminds me of "Bumping the Lamp", a term in the VFX/Animation industry for "Going above and beyond expectations". It refers to the scene in Roger Rabbit where Roger and Eddie are cuffed, hiding in the Speakeasy's old smuggling room, and one of the characters bumps the overhead lamp. This causes it to swing, meaning every single frame of Roger's animation needed to have the painted shadows move to a unique position relative to the lamp's constantly changing angles, a ridiculously difficult task that technically contributes nothing to the story and most people won't even notice, but was done anyway because -Richard Williams is a madman- the animators were just that dedicated.
Roger Rabbit had a lot of impressive touches like this. Like for the penguin waiters in the nightclub, instead of just dangling their trays with wire, they built the entire set higher up so that stagehands could walk around under the set with rods going up to the trays, like this entire network of stagehands walking around under the set while shooting was going on. This can't be referred to as "bumping the lamp" because it occurred in an earlier scene, before the phrase was coined :D
Of all the incredible videos you've masterfully produced Tom, I have to say this has been my favourite. You've captured the essence of what makes creativity so rewarding and vindicated artists, creators and compass animators the world over, who've ever wondered "Will anybody appreciate the attention to detail if I go the extra mile?"
Hey, Chris! Merry Christmas and I hope you know I do notice the extra care YOU put in your videos, amd I love all of them. Congratulations on seeing mount Fuji, and I hope to see you going on your next adventures.
I wondered what that black an white thing in the corner was, thanks xD Maybe it could be a thing to sync the parts of the show too, because of the recording technics or something, i don't know ^^"
@@Vlad-kf7hw IIRC this sort of symbol in a corner was used to mark the ending of a tape, so the technician knows when to switch to the next one. But that applies to cinema, maybe this is a TV-specific thing
@@janpokorny2454 My understanding is it was used by regional techs to play out the ad tape for their region at the right time, on top of the broadcast coming in centrally.
I'm more impressed that Tom's walking up a fairly steep hill not even getting out of breath while delivering his monologue. Thanks to working from home I can't get off the sofa without breaking a sweat
Wow. I never expected to be watching an 18 minute video of some stranger walking up a hill talking about the title sequence of a show I'd never heard of, and yet here I am -- and it was worthwhile! I share your appreciation of creative individuals who go above and beyond to make something special. I hope that whoever created that title sequence is still around, and that they get to see this video.
Beautifully put, this was a lovely homage to a cultural era in which craftsmanship was king. My only lament, miniscule in scale mind you, is there once was a time one didn't have to point out unironic intent of one's homage.
Some say that every 800 years Tom Scott's and Evan Hadfield's paths cross while both walking towards the camera. (As with the 800 year myth about Jupiter and Saturn, they're wrong, it's more frequent than that.)
I had a similar experience back when Pixar was still jaw-dropping amazing and at the end of "A Bug's Life" there was the "blooper reel" with the credits [a la Canonball Run] and I sat there amazed that the entire crew, from writers to animators and editors and actors created _intentional mistakes_ to tack onto the end of the movie to entertain people watching the credits while filing out of the theater. and since these clips required just as much effort n resources to create as the running movie, the producers paid for people to make these mistakes and then paid for the computing power [bleeding edge expensive] to render it all.
I think they actually animated some dubbing mistakes, then went the extra mile to add some more in there, as to mix it up with fale mistakes and make it all look like actual movie bloopers. The same happens in Monsters Inc. and Toy Story.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Oh yes, same goes for Spotify to an extent. I sometimes hold off on renewing my subscription just for the nostalgia of adverts. Wish all these premium services would let you opt-in to ads even after paying for them. Really not a big ask considering all the data they mine from us regardless of what we pay :P
@@the.invincible.9542 The Toy Story 2 blooper reel is especially impressive given that production on it was only 9 months. 9 MONTHS. FOR A FULLY ANIMATED MOVIE IN 1999.
@@bruhbruh6389 I think the thing that RUclips has going for it, is that the creators are always free to move that production expense/profit slider any way they want, and as long as they are making compelling content (no matter how niche it is), there's very likely to be sufficient audience to make it worthwhile.
Only a little over a decade ago people would have laughed you out of town for saying Sears and K Mart would die. Or that Blockbuster would fall to Netflix.
Unironically, one of the best videos I’ve seen this year. Thank you Tom and the team for making these high quality education videos. And of course, Merry Christmas :)
This isn’t a place I was expecting you to be. Love your vids as well tho, when you are editing, you know how painful some scenes can be, just for 2 seconds on screen and that is what makes it even better
You kept me for 18 min on a show I've not seen or heard of before. That's how good it was. Thank you for putting this tribute together and expanding my horizons a bit
Also very good cutting / editing, as there would have been at least one break in the continuous shot for Simon falling over... and possibly more flubs than we're actually privy to, even with the clip at the end.
I had a dream the other night where Tom Scott, I can only assume snapped, and uploaded a RUclips video that began "I'm sitting here in this empty train car, and I'm going to yell profanity at these seagulls outside" and did just that.
Gosh, this was so sincere I got choked up at the end. I've never even heard of the show, but Tom's delivery and narration was so engaging, and even touching, I started to feel nostalgic for it. Merry Christmas Tom, and merry Christmas Denis Norden. 💜
The moment you said "becasue 25 years ago someone bothered to make a compass needle spin" made me tear up a bit. I can't describe why, but I thought I'd share.
bro honestly that was kinda emotional especially considering the passing of Dennis being mentioned just shortly before. what a tribute this video is, eh?
I don't quite know why but this made me emotional. I'm too young for TV's golden age, but there's a lot of weird and wonderful internet content that has inspired me in a similar way, and that includes your videos, Tom.
"I didn't need to ... but I did." Your joy in these memories and this discussion is obvious and infectious. Even to those of us who had never even heard of the original show.
THIS is the internet. I've never even heard about the programme (on account of being a swede), but Tom reminiscing about technical details that no-one else noticed at the time is kind of what the internet has always been: a document of the past and present, with as many nuances as there are uploaders and commentators. Even the latest tech-vids next year are going to be someone's nostalgia in the future. Superb storytelling Tom! This one was golden.
As a student in archival science, your comment thanking archivists whether they are official or private, made me smile. My interest lies in the preservation of video games and video game culture, which is something that is also handled mostly by private persons rather than official archives. Really, one should never forget the importance that normal people have of saving parts of our culture for future generations.
Given the sheer volume of stuff to archive in modern culture, even or especially video games, I'm a little in awe that you (or anyone) decided to take it on. It must be a challenge to figure out what go where, and even how it should be prioritised. Hats off to you.
@@martinzwaan2721 Thank you, especially when thinking about those I know that have spent years in this kind of business. It is quite challenging every now and then, yes, but most countries have evolved a lot of regulations around what should and should not be preserved for generations to come. Luckily they do help. Most of the time. :)
@@crazyfool4325 I honestly don't know about other countries, but in Sweden, some of the universities have classes in archival science. With a bachelor degree in that, it's quite easy to get a job in that kind of business, since few young people want to work with it (medium age seems to lie somewhere around late thirties to mid forties). I felt young during my trainee period - and I was 38.
I hope Nintendo will die. They ruined hundreds of people's effort to archive old games (technically - abandonware), many of which even Nintendo does not have anymore.
Thanks for your historic recognition of the thousands of people who worked on the title sequences in the 90s I was one of those unsung heroes. Lots of technical skills have been lost. It was nice to see at least one person noticed
I'm a motion graphics designer working on a big television network. This video brought tears to my eyes. It's so hard to do things for yourself when you're working around tight deadlines and the will of people who don't know what they're. The spinning compass is hard to pull off. We all want it, most of us need it to just keep getting out of our beds, but we just don't have the time and most of the time, the energy to do so. Knowing it'll be cut out or "someone might not like it" just drains you, if you work with creativity.
It was shows like "It'll be alright on the night" and seeing backstages of theatres that made me realise all the huge amounts of effort going on behind the scene. Not only did it not "ruin the magic" it made it better, there was now this secret world and huge groups of people pulling those strings and making creativity a reality. I knew it would be my job of choice when I grew up. This year has been extremely hard for so many of the people behind the scene's, myself included, so spare a thought to those who make events happen, this time we need your support.
Every once in a while I come back to this video and just smile. I don't know why, I have never seen the show and I am not a Brit, but the video just makes me smile. Cheers to you Tom.
The video does an incredible job at paying tribute to the people working behind the scenes of any production. Theres always somebody painstakingly adding dust particles to falling debris, or designing realistically accurate VFX, or making a compass spin for a few short seconds. Great stuff all around
I like to imagine that the cameraman was just some dude trying to enjoy nature, when Tom Scott suddenly approached him and started talking, to which the cameraman carefully stepped backwards while always maintaining eye contact for 20 minutes. Edit: Wow this blew up!
I consistently notice Tom's effort. The sheer length of his uncut monologues is way beyond reason. I have shown many other people his work just to be blown away by his ability as a presenter. So glad some people are putting some of those RUclips advodollars into production quality.
@@Kyle-gw6qp They do, but there are much more productive ways of supporting creators than through ad revenue, especially through RUclips and other major streaming sites. Giving them money via Patreon or whatever other services they use, buying their merchandise, supporting them on smaller streaming services or even joining up with those sometimes annoying sponsored offers probably nets all but the largest creators more money per view than ad revenue can hope to match. It also doesn't help that ads these days on many sites actively engage in particularly unsavory tracking and data collection tactics. Tom just did a video on that exact topic about a month ago. I personally wish that more sites and ad companies would engage in honest straightforward methods that wouldn't have me and others decide whether we value privacy and security over the livelihoods of others.
Absolutely love how in most- non location based videos you’re just kinda going for a hike. Makes it feel like I’m hearing facts from a buddy while we go on a walk!
Sorry to puncture your bubble: it was not necessarily a single take. One or some or all of the clips interposed could have been used to hide a cut. Not saying it was, but just saying we couldn't tell either way...
It always satisfying when someone notices that extra touch you did in editing, some times no one ever does, but it's also satisfying just knowing it's there.
About the compass being a detail that most people won't notice: sure they wouldn't say or remember they saw a compass spinning, but our eyes or brain catch it in the peripheral vision and we do feel the impact of the laser more.
I think this might be your best video ever Tom. It has such personal importance while showing the impermanence, as well as the value of the medium you use. Even though it is only just shy of 18 minutes, it feels like an odyssey, even in a landscape of excessively long youtube videos. Thank you very much for this, and here's to 10 years of Tom Scott expedition videos.
@@Omni315 Thanks for cueing us in! I came to the comments hoping for some illumination and I wasn't disappointed. I'd never seen them on TV before, only the cigarette burn style used for projection films. Seems like this usage in TV is primarily in the UK.
I have never been as nostalgic for anything as the little black and white bars in the corner of the screen telling me an ad break was coming. Thank you Tom.
Yay ... someone else noticed it at 11:54 The "5 seconds before adverts" (and 2 seconds before it disappears) so regional TV stations could play their own adverts, in sync. I assume there was something behind the scenes we never saw that told them when to come back to the show.
@@BryTee I guess they were told to show an exact amount of seconds of ads, which I guess is why sometime the last ad would freeze on the last frame or there'd be a black screen for a second while national caught up?
The black and white thing before the adverts! Appreciated that. I think it was a signal from the national control room to let the regional broadcasters (Granada, Central, LWT etc) know they'd need to show their local adverts in a few seconds' time. Nostalgia!
@@Vlad-kf7hw normally it would have been just our of shot with a standard tv. The times you could see it where when one brought casting live borrowed show from other networks. ( if network A had X size imaging and B had Y) and then still for a few seconds as the network would fix it if they could on the next break.
Known as a 'cue dot'; used to come on at -10" to the end of part, then disappear at either -5" or -3" to allow the regional broadcasters to roll their ad VTs, no instant start in them days!
This hit differently. I can't notice everything that you've done, but I can tell that you have strived to make a piece that somehow makes me feel nostalgia for something I never watched. Thank you.
This is probably the greatest and most genuine tribute to anything I’ve ever seen, and it still matches the rest of your content while honoring the show and being something you personally enjoyed. Love to see it Tim.
WHY am I crying if I didn't even knew anything mentioned in the video before seen it. I'm a 25 y/o mexican, who has no relationship whatsoever with the UK or anything related to it, but this made me emotional, so, thank you, Tom. Great homage.
This is, I think, my favourite youtube video. It's perfect. Obviously, I'm British, I remember all the It'll be alright on the night programmes, but - more importantly - I appreciate the straining to get the details right that defines achievement in so many fields. As you said, nobody'll register all that effort that went into some title sequence, just as nobody would ever even see a hidden carving on a the ceiling of a medeival cathedral. But I saw your "cue dot" (or, apparently, "ident"). All hail the thought put into the details!
That I can only 'like' this once is a travesty. So many layers to take inspiration from, not least the great comments. Of all your great videos, this has left me most emotional.
That reminds me of why I always hated commercials on TV. Most channels cut straight into a loud obnoxious commercial, regardless of the movie you're watching. It always spooked me. If they did stuff like announce the break a few seconds prior, i'd be more willing to put up with it.
@@theonewithoutidentity Do they not have an ad break warning like the one Tom uses here where you live? The little black and white box is great, you can use it to brace yourself for the sprint to the kitchen to put the kettle on (UK ad breaks are timed to let viewers boil a kettle and make tea before the break's over). It's called a cue mark. It used to be used so regional broadcasters for ITV and Channel 4 could cue up their local adverts to start at the right time on a nationally-broadcast programme.
@@Grantallica Yep. One of the few videos of his that didn't teach me anything new, as "how are things at Dinorwig lately" is a standard slow news day/unimaginative documentary maker standby.
As someone who was lucky enough to work through some of those golden years of TV, I salute you Sir. This isn't just personal, you nailed it... Thank you. 👍 (just sorry it took so long to find your work)
6:28 ... You can see it fade and SLIGHTLY be off at that point (around the circle's edge). If you were to use a jib cam on a reflective surface like that, you'd a) see the jib in the 7 and b) see the lights move where they cast on the 7 as the jib flies around.
@@ShawnTempesta Def agree. 6.28 is where the fade is. There's 1 frame where you can clearly see the CG lighter 7 not quite matching the darker real 7 (particularly the top line of the 7). Still very impressive tracking for 1993.
Adding the “cue marker” before a mid roll Ad kicked it was a great little bit of nostalgia and a great Easter egg ! As soon as I heard the words “Alright on the night” I heard the theme tune in my head, I had no idea it was still going passed the 90s !
""Sometimes it's worth doing things for your craft, just because you can. Sometimes it's worth going above and beyond sweating the small stuff because someone else will notice what you've done ... while you don't have to strive for absolute perfection, sometimes it's worth taking a little bit of time and effort to make something you're really proud of." - Tom Scott Thank you. I needed that =)
Tom, your more personal videos like this, the high pitched noise video, and the car driving video have always struck a chord with me. Here's to many more cockup trips in the future
@@thameslinkrail4038 Judging by the voice in the end, nope. I think it's the one who did the "what do we do in the future" section of the Copyright video
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I know this video's a bit personal; it's not the sort of thing I normally do. But it seemed like a good story to tell for Christmas.
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2 weeks ago?!?!
Hmm 3 weeks ago
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another time travel ?
Hi Tom. The whole thing was a pain in the arse but was also great fun to do. Thank you for noticing the ‘craft’ involved in producing these sequences. I was the designer responsible from No.4 through to 21 years of Alright on the Night and it was always a challenge to produce a new title for each of the shows. I am grateful to Denis Norden and the producer Paul Lewis who supported me even if they didn’t notice the compass!
WOOOOOW
Wow! Thank you for your work! It is truly appreciated
omg please tell me this is true!! Its a christmas miracle.
If you please, how did you do the map? That was super cool!
Legend!
I hope whoever had the idea of making that compass spin watches this video
I was just about to make a very similar comment. The whole team should watch this.
I have a feeling they will
Me too.
It was...
Magneto
it was me. i compas sman
More thoughts...When making these sequences I know, that at best, they will only be seen a couple of times, so it’s surprise to discover a young boy would remember them and make a film about one in particular.
IIRC, Cockup Trip aired a total of five times. Original TX was 12/10/1996, then repeated 21/9/1997, 9/5/1998, 31/7/1999 and 6/5/2000.
How is your other comment so big and this one not at all? Here have a comment to boost the rankings.
this is absolutely amazing
Well done, sir :)
Real life: Throwing pebbles, not really knowing where they will land and sometimes, sometimes being allowed to see a ripple in the river of time you just know was caused by one of yours...
“They bothered to make the compass spin”. This reminds me of a story I heard about the original Lord of the Rings trilogy. The armourers and leatherworkers were so enthusiastic that they engraved the different cultural motifs/insignia on the inner areas of garments/equipment despite knowing it would not be visible on the screen. I think that kind of passion bleeds over into the visible work, and the audience appreciated the authenticity.
PS - I only discovered Tom 24 hours ago, and this content is lovely.
you're in for a treat, Tom has years of videos about the weird, interesting, and insightful. He's well into my list of top 10 youtubers.
I can't remember which director said it but "one single detail won't matter much but thousand will pave a way"
@@Logarithm906 Very much agree!
When WETA switched to 8k, they didn't have any extra details to add. Fantastic work
@Robert Martin, Bernard Hill (King Theoden) spoke about this during an interview and said how it had helped him to immerse himself in the character.
Final thought...I guess if I were to do it all again the OS map would be replaced with an iPad with google maps, the laser with a transitional glitch, I would have used a drone with a lidar scanner to create a point cloud for the terrain using MR for the scene. Denis would be a digital avatar using body and facial capture generated live from a MoCap studio. If Star Wars can do it then it’s only a matter of time…
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@Chris Hart.…. Now THAT I'd like to see... "It'll be OK on YT"?
But why an iPad, though? An Android/Windows tablet (a Surface Pro, for example) would be more appropriate, since obviously Android is a Google thing, and Microsoft and Google have a better relationship than Google and Apple do.
Though, I get your point. IPads have become the default brand for tablets, just like Kleenex.
Hi Chris! That's so wonderful that you got to see your work appreciated. How did you make the Compass spin??????
@Gazza Boo Cheers. Great points - it's probably something as simple as that. Amazing video, this was one of Tom's best. Cool how a title sequence from all those years ago has made us appreciate the work of these people.
From now on, I'm going to call it "spinning the compass" when someone goes the extra mile
We had jumping the shark and growing the beard and now we have spinning the compass. I like it!
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Wind the frog! :D
r/extramile ?!? I'm so confused
There is a very similar phrase of “bumping the lamp” from the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. One scene had real swinging lamp as a light source and the animators went the extra mile to make sure the lighting on the animated Roger Rabbit character was perfect in every frame. Quite time consuming back in the 1980s.
"...right after the break"
*ad starts*
I like that. It's a little nostalgic.
I appreciate the heads up that an ad is coming instead of being blindsided by some rando yelling at me
Im so used to the youtube model that I fully expected this video to be uploaded in parts, not that Tom was pulling a old school TV ad break.
Absolutely loved the inclusion of the rotdot for the ad break.
@@czemacleod I've never heard the cue dot referred to as a rotdot. I like it! Nice surname, by the way :)
@@FerventRebutter it was always reffered to as a rotdot where I was from as it looks like it is spinning (ROTating) (sort of). Mind that this was before the days when you could just look up what it was called on the Internet.
Having just watched the "Last" video, I want to say that this is my favorite. On lots of levels. Well done and congratulations.
This one was always special
I came back to watch this too after his goodbye video. I have to agree with you as it is also my favorite Tom Scott video. I'm amazed by how amazed Tom is with this title sequence. What a pro!
Can we just appreciate the dude filming this climbing a steep hill BACKWARDS whilst holding a camera and keeping Tom steady in centre shot
I've always assumed with no evidence whatsoever that Matt does a lot of the filming.
Definitely sounded like him in the cockup at the end
Consumer drones are capable of this.
@@spartan8705 Description says otherwise
I'm not entirely convinced that it's Matt. Wouldn't his radio workplace have more going-ons as Christmas comes near ? Also if it was I'm sure he'd be credited...
I have never seen a transition as clean as that 7 to the studio floor.
When?
@@Leksaboi 6:04
I guess you're floored with their handiwork eh
@@faizalf119 i see what you did there ;)
@@brycechristensen2296 That was true 6+ years ago, but with big budgets, you can make it look exactly the same as a set, because everything on a set is controlled. Even if it isn’t a set it is easy enough to do if you are creative with it.
Walking for 20 minutes uphill while delivering dialog is a magnificent skill.
Props to the camera person too :D
Keeping you in frame while walking up hill, mabey even backwards.
The kiwi approves.
G'day Haigs
Good old matt gray doing the quite literal heavy lifting of the camera
cameras can easily keep a persons face in the center of the vid. Like the DJI action
narration*
So Tom (and cameraman!) walked that entire distance for a full 18 minutes, did it in one take (even if there were multiple attempts), and arrived at the exact correct point just as the dialogue concluded. That's great work.
and cameraman walked backwards!
it's maybe a drone
@@paarthsstudio you can see from the outtake at the end that it's a cameraman
really one take? so when that cockup happened they just went back down and did it again? thats amazing
@@grqfes I can't say I checked for any cutaways, but Tom often does one-take videos, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Here's hoping the guy who moved the compass needle sees this.
Didn’t you watch the video? It wasn’t a person, it was a magic laser beam.
I'd think they put some kind of electric magnet underneath the table to do it.
No. Lasers.
I'm a professional youtube commenter and I can confirm it was definitely lasers
I really hope the magic laser sees this video. It's really hard to get ablative propulsion off a piece of paper without any discharge being visible or without significant damage to the paper. That must have been a lot of effort.
So the cameraman had to climb up the hill, backwards, filming Tom, deploy a drone, climb down the hill to be out of the shot, and fly the drone for that ending. I feel like thats exactly what Tom was talking about in this video
Wait till the end, 360 camera used, can mount them to a back back and give them a focus point and they will keep it.
The cut certainly helped the transition.
It was not a drone, it was a helicopter. Check the credits.
@@ChristineSK Tom Scott did not hire a helicopter for this video. He says himself it was a drone. Come on, use common sense.
“They bothered to make the compass spin” should be a phrase that’s used to describe the type of dedication someone puts in for something that arguably isn’t worth it
Very much agreed.
"Bumping the lamp" is already a phrase for that kind of thing, though I guess it's slightly different.
"Dotting your I's" / "Crossing your T's" ("They thought of everything!")
@@phoule76 this is different though. To have unsorted i's and uncrossed t's is understandable but incorrect. Had they not spun the compass it would still be as correct as it is, but less good.
It's also the subconscious value we attribute, not knowing exactly why we liked this or that so much, we just get the overall feeling how amazing it was until someone points out, did you notice the compass, and the lighting, the whooshing effects? You kind of noticed them, but it was like trying to drink from a firehose. There were no metrics for the brilliancy of the performance.
I was working in CG in 1996. That title sequence was the subject of coffee break conversations. The thing about VFX is that most of the time we were trying to go unnoticed. We even had a saying, "For 99% of the time, if you can see that we did something its because we did it wrong." It was, and mainly still is, all about selling the shot, making the audience not even think to question what they see. So being able to show-off a bit is a cool gig for an effects artist.
Tom, we dont care if your videos are personal or not, as long as they're interesting (they always are). So feel free to make any content you like!
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes absolutely! Please continue to make things that interest you!
Nicely put !!
agreed
100% yes
Tom: *talks about how important is the work of those who work behind the camera*
The camera guy: *literally walking uphill backwards*
Could be a drone
He’s most likely walking forwards, it’s a 360 degree camera
@@rotor7135 watch 17:42 , not a 360 degree camera
you watched to the end, right?
Same here!
I grew up through the 90s and 00s, I loved the fact that every single person watched that same episode at the exact same time and then going to school the next day and everyone was talking about that particular episode.
I grew up in the 70s and at school we talked about what was on Monty Python last night.
Omg yes I really miss that! Right now I feel so overwhelmed by all the different series everyone is watching. Its just impossible to keep up
Yes! This is why boxset releases SUCK. It's so antisocial.
The motion graphics director sure picked that hill to die on.
So did the Cameraman
Take your upvote and get out.
Badum pshhhh
@@AVeryRandomPerson railfan?
You can see yourself out.
The compass anecdote reminds me of "Bumping the Lamp", a term in the VFX/Animation industry for "Going above and beyond expectations".
It refers to the scene in Roger Rabbit where Roger and Eddie are cuffed, hiding in the Speakeasy's old smuggling room, and one of the characters bumps the overhead lamp. This causes it to swing, meaning every single frame of Roger's animation needed to have the painted shadows move to a unique position relative to the lamp's constantly changing angles, a ridiculously difficult task that technically contributes nothing to the story and most people won't even notice, but was done anyway because -Richard Williams is a madman- the animators were just that dedicated.
This comment, your name, and your profile picture. Hat trick. Well done.
Roger Rabbit had a lot of impressive touches like this. Like for the penguin waiters in the nightclub, instead of just dangling their trays with wire, they built the entire set higher up so that stagehands could walk around under the set with rods going up to the trays, like this entire network of stagehands walking around under the set while shooting was going on. This can't be referred to as "bumping the lamp" because it occurred in an earlier scene, before the phrase was coined :D
Roger Rabbit was a technical masterpiece
When Jessica flies out of the car was my favourite moment.
Great anecdote!
Of all the incredible videos you've masterfully produced Tom, I have to say this has been my favourite. You've captured the essence of what makes creativity so rewarding and vindicated artists, creators and compass animators the world over, who've ever wondered "Will anybody appreciate the attention to detail if I go the extra mile?"
Oh hi Dave
Oh hi there! Happy kfc Christmas 🎄
Hey, Chris! Merry Christmas and I hope you know I do notice the extra care YOU put in your videos, amd I love all of them. Congratulations on seeing mount Fuji, and I hope to see you going on your next adventures.
Hello! Are you RUclipsr?
I also adore the extra effort you put editing mount fuji in :D
I love how this video made me nostalgic for something I never knew existed.
Anemoia
When I saw the "advert break incoming" symbol I was half way to the kitchen to make a cup of tea before I stopped myself. Old habits die hard.
Yes yes yes
I wondered what that black an white thing in the corner was, thanks xD
Maybe it could be a thing to sync the parts of the show too, because of the recording technics or something, i don't know ^^"
@@Vlad-kf7hw IIRC this sort of symbol in a corner was used to mark the ending of a tape, so the technician knows when to switch to the next one. But that applies to cinema, maybe this is a TV-specific thing
@@janpokorny2454 My understanding is it was used by regional techs to play out the ad tape for their region at the right time, on top of the broadcast coming in centrally.
@@Vlad-kf7hw as a kid in Britain in the 90s, it meant "put the kettle on son"
I'm more impressed that Tom's walking up a fairly steep hill not even getting out of breath while delivering his monologue. Thanks to working from home I can't get off the sofa without breaking a sweat
Consider what the cameraperson had to do for this.
I legit commented this and then scrolled down and was like. “Oh.”
My dude you gotta do some light exercise or something. You'll feel a lot better.
@@tomm.ymacleod9347 copied
/s
Not that steep at all, still not an easy feat
You know the year is almost over when tom wears his grey hoodie instead of his red shirt
Red shirt still underneath though!
Tom Scott: Endgame
I love how this guy clearly loves what he does, entertaining and educating people.
Reporting
Who else loved the small detail of the spinning black and white bars just before the break
Yes!
Yes
The spinning black and white bars are a god send for anyone who were waiting for a break so they could go make a cuppa or quickly sit on the bog.
Anybody remember when they showed films, they'd cut to a silent montage picture just before and after the ads?
I'm not British either but I knew what it was because of other British RUclipsrs... was it Jay Foreman?
Wow. I never expected to be watching an 18 minute video of some stranger walking up a hill talking about the title sequence of a show I'd never heard of, and yet here I am -- and it was worthwhile!
I share your appreciation of creative individuals who go above and beyond to make something special. I hope that whoever created that title sequence is still around, and that they get to see this video.
Beautifully put, this was a lovely homage to a cultural era in which craftsmanship was king.
My only lament, miniscule in scale mind you, is there once was a time one didn't have to point out unironic intent of one's homage.
natch :-)
I had the same thoughts
Welcome to the Tom Scott channel then, I presume.
Place of discovery of the most obscure curiosities around the world.
Soon, Tom Scott will not be a stranger to you anymore :)
Gotta love that heavy on the sax, generic, 90's music that they still play at Chinese buffet near you.....
What time stamp?
@@Austin_Boath About near the end. Outromusic.
watch with captions on, its even funnier.
Er, no
@@myriaddsystems Er, I think most people would argue, yes.
This is the EXACT reason why there is a difference between a content creator, and an artist. You, Tom, are an artist.
Some people say Tom Scott is still walking to this day.
I would be concerned if he's not tho
😂
Some say that every 800 years Tom Scott's and Evan Hadfield's paths cross while both walking towards the camera.
(As with the 800 year myth about Jupiter and Saturn, they're wrong, it's more frequent than that.)
wait a sec, this comment was posted 26 min ago, but the video was posted 21 min ago!!
The kiwi approves.
The black and white ticker before the ad break really took me back to sitting in front of an old CRT screen on a Sunday night!
This is the comment I looked for!
@@CheshireTomcat68 glad you found it! 😁
... that was something else that Tom didn't *have* to do, but did!
And suddenly I’m back watching Saturday night telly with my grandparents...
Is that a UK thing?
I had a similar experience back when Pixar was still jaw-dropping amazing and at the end of "A Bug's Life" there was the "blooper reel" with the credits [a la Canonball Run] and I sat there amazed that the entire crew, from writers to animators and editors and actors created _intentional mistakes_ to tack onto the end of the movie to entertain people watching the credits while filing out of the theater. and since these clips required just as much effort n resources to create as the running movie, the producers paid for people to make these mistakes and then paid for the computing power [bleeding edge expensive] to render it all.
I think they actually animated some dubbing mistakes, then went the extra mile to add some more in there, as to mix it up with fale mistakes and make it all look like actual movie bloopers. The same happens in Monsters Inc. and Toy Story.
Agreed, I love effort
this and the old-school Barbie movies outtakes always made me enjoy these animations so much more as a kid
Not a title sequence but James Burke walking along and then pointing to a rocket just as it launched (Connections) was brilliant timing.
The only reason this had two parts is the fact that Tom needed to BREATHE at some point!
Loved that black and white flashing "the adverts are coming" thing on the top right. Nice touch. I've not seen one of those in decades.
Felt nostaligc myself, haven't watched typical TV for a good long while.
The only other person that I know does it is Jay Foreman
I guess paying for YT Premium has its drawbacks.
@@mirzaahmed6589 Oh yes, same goes for Spotify to an extent. I sometimes hold off on renewing my subscription just for the nostalgia of adverts. Wish all these premium services would let you opt-in to ads even after paying for them. Really not a big ask considering all the data they mine from us regardless of what we pay :P
I noticed that, too. Absolutely in keeping with talking about a TV show on ITV back in the Nineties.
Saying "Merry Christmas, Denis Norden" is like how people who blew a take in a Tarantino film said "Hi, Sally!" to his late editor.
Neat bit of trivia, cheers.
There was also "Merry Christmas VT" in common use at the BBC when people screwed up and knew it would end up in the Christmas Tape Tom referenced
As somebody who grew up watching this show in the 80s, 17 million viewers is by no means unreasonable. Everyone watched it.
This brings to mind how Pixar actually rendered a blooper reel for Monster Inc.
Barbie movies did that, I specifically remember Ken's phone going off in the bloopers for Princess and the Pauper
And the Toy Story movies.
I loved how far they did that. It was very entertaining back when I was little and looking back, I still do too
@@the.invincible.9542 The Toy Story 2 blooper reel is especially impressive given that production on it was only 9 months.
9 MONTHS. FOR A FULLY ANIMATED MOVIE IN 1999.
@@TheRiskyBrothers wasn't toy story 2 the one that got deleted and recovered from a single pc? absolutely amazing
I swear Tom Scott has been saying that youtube won't last forever for forever.
Remember MySpace?
Probably at some point youtube gonna die.But we just need to wait
Rumble is the next RUclips
@@bruhbruh6389 I think the thing that RUclips has going for it, is that the creators are always free to move that production expense/profit slider any way they want, and as long as they are making compelling content (no matter how niche it is), there's very likely to be sufficient audience to make it worthwhile.
Only a little over a decade ago people would have laughed you out of town for saying Sears and K Mart would die.
Or that Blockbuster would fall to Netflix.
Unironically, one of the best videos I’ve seen this year. Thank you Tom and the team for making these high quality education videos. And of course, Merry Christmas :)
Procrastinating on Tom Scotts video, instead of making your own? Classic Dumbs 😁
Dumbs more like video once a year
This isn’t a place I was expecting you to be. Love your vids as well tho, when you are editing, you know how painful some scenes can be, just for 2 seconds on screen and that is what makes it even better
Dumbs? More like uploads once a year, stop watching youtube and make some more videos that give me another reason to die
I agree. That was good!
You kept me for 18 min on a show I've not seen or heard of before. That's how good it was. Thank you for putting this tribute together and expanding my horizons a bit
As an actor, I noticed.
You learned your lines rather damn well.
insane monologue skills!
Also very good cutting / editing, as there would have been at least one break in the continuous shot for Simon falling over... and possibly more flubs than we're actually privy to, even with the clip at the end.
I literally just watched your latest upload before watching this
I had a dream the other night where Tom Scott, I can only assume snapped, and uploaded a RUclips video that began "I'm sitting here in this empty train car, and I'm going to yell profanity at these seagulls outside" and did just that.
I would watch it. And I assume i would learn something from his profanities.
F YOU, SEAGULLS!!
He'd somehow make it educational and/or poignant. Unless TechDiff were there, in which case it'd just be delightful chaos.
you thought it was funny in your dream or?
I'd love Tom Scott to be Yoda for a second and yell at those coconut-poking seagulls.
Gosh, this was so sincere I got choked up at the end. I've never even heard of the show, but Tom's delivery and narration was so engaging, and even touching, I started to feel nostalgic for it. Merry Christmas Tom, and merry Christmas Denis Norden. 💜
I was thinking the same
I got to feel old watching this and loved it. Forgotten how much that was a part of my childhood watching it with my parents.
The presentation is impeccable.
Some of Toms videos are genuinely rewatchable like episodes of your favourite TV program
That's so true, as I have just watched this for the third time!
So when’s our full Tom Scott outtakes show?
One Take Tom has no out takes.
@@emilebichelberger7590 he’s now called One Outtake Tom.
The moment you said "becasue 25 years ago someone bothered to make a compass needle spin" made me tear up a bit. I can't describe why, but I thought I'd share.
"What we do in life echoes in eternity" - Marcus Aurelius (dubious?)/Maximus from the film "Gladiator"
bro honestly that was kinda emotional especially considering the passing of Dennis being mentioned just shortly before. what a tribute this video is, eh?
Same, I don’t get it but it just made me tear up.
I don't quite know why but this made me emotional. I'm too young for TV's golden age, but there's a lot of weird and wonderful internet content that has inspired me in a similar way, and that includes your videos, Tom.
Its quite amazing, is it not?
And one day we’ll be alive to see it’s final mourning.
"I didn't need to ... but I did." Your joy in these memories and this discussion is obvious and infectious. Even to those of us who had never even heard of the original show.
THIS is the internet.
I've never even heard about the programme (on account of being a swede), but Tom reminiscing about technical details that no-one else noticed at the time is kind of what the internet has always been: a document of the past and present, with as many nuances as there are uploaders and commentators. Even the latest tech-vids next year are going to be someone's nostalgia in the future.
Superb storytelling Tom! This one was golden.
Amazing user name!!!
Like your Layne Staley pic...
It was shown on Swedish TV in the 80s and 90s. I particularly remember the 1987 episode.
Legitimately. Man's just churnings out masterpieces over here. One of the best RUclipsrs ever
Put bloody brilliantly.
This video gave me chills! Brilliant work, Tom.
I got goosebumps and actual tears in my eyes! Maybe this old humbug has been hit by a spot of Christmas sentimentality after all 😏
You know your video is amazing when Matt D'Avella says it's brilliant
Hey Matt, congrats on your Netflix show!
Did you come here after Jake Ropers video too? 😄
100%, just incredible.
As a student in archival science, your comment thanking archivists whether they are official or private, made me smile. My interest lies in the preservation of video games and video game culture, which is something that is also handled mostly by private persons rather than official archives. Really, one should never forget the importance that normal people have of saving parts of our culture for future generations.
How do you go about doing this? I was thinking about it the other day.
Given the sheer volume of stuff to archive in modern culture, even or especially video games, I'm a little in awe that you (or anyone) decided to take it on. It must be a challenge to figure out what go where, and even how it should be prioritised. Hats off to you.
@@martinzwaan2721
Thank you, especially when thinking about those I know that have spent years in this kind of business. It is quite challenging every now and then, yes, but most countries have evolved a lot of regulations around what should and should not be preserved for generations to come. Luckily they do help. Most of the time. :)
@@crazyfool4325
I honestly don't know about other countries, but in Sweden, some of the universities have classes in archival science. With a bachelor degree in that, it's quite easy to get a job in that kind of business, since few young people want to work with it (medium age seems to lie somewhere around late thirties to mid forties). I felt young during my trainee period - and I was 38.
I hope Nintendo will die. They ruined hundreds of people's effort to archive old games (technically - abandonware), many of which even Nintendo does not have anymore.
Thanks for your historic recognition of the thousands of people who worked on the title sequences in the 90s I was one of those unsung heroes. Lots of technical skills have been lost. It was nice to see at least one person noticed
I'm a motion graphics designer working on a big television network. This video brought tears to my eyes. It's so hard to do things for yourself when you're working around tight deadlines and the will of people who don't know what they're. The spinning compass is hard to pull off. We all want it, most of us need it to just keep getting out of our beds, but we just don't have the time and most of the time, the energy to do so. Knowing it'll be cut out or "someone might not like it" just drains you, if you work with creativity.
I’m a young editor but I feel similarly to you, it’s feels good to have the little things be appreciated.
Deus te abençoe irmão
It was shows like "It'll be alright on the night" and seeing backstages of theatres that made me realise all the huge amounts of effort going on behind the scene. Not only did it not "ruin the magic" it made it better, there was now this secret world and huge groups of people pulling those strings and making creativity a reality. I knew it would be my job of choice when I grew up.
This year has been extremely hard for so many of the people behind the scene's, myself included, so spare a thought to those who make events happen, this time we need your support.
Hah my company provides virtual training. There's a decent amount of effort making virtual training pull off smoothly
[legally-distinct theme tune] I'm glad the subtitles made that clear.
Every once in a while I come back to this video and just smile. I don't know why, I have never seen the show and I am not a Brit, but the video just makes me smile. Cheers to you Tom.
The video does an incredible job at paying tribute to the people working behind the scenes of any production. Theres always somebody painstakingly adding dust particles to falling debris, or designing realistically accurate VFX, or making a compass spin for a few short seconds. Great stuff all around
Just what I was thinking, been almost 2 years now and I was just coming back to it because of how cheerful this video makes me
I like to imagine that the cameraman was just some dude trying to enjoy nature, when Tom Scott suddenly approached him and started talking, to which the cameraman carefully stepped backwards while always maintaining eye contact for 20 minutes.
Edit: Wow this blew up!
this activated my fight or flight
I can't unsee it now and it's brilliant!
Matt likes nature shots?
"Hi, can I help you? .... keep your distance please"
"Not gonna hurt you"
"..."
"You heard of It'll be Alright on the Night?"
thank you for making my Tom Scott watching experience infinitely more enjoyable
I consistently notice Tom's effort. The sheer length of his uncut monologues is way beyond reason. I have shown many other people his work just to be blown away by his ability as a presenter. So glad some people are putting some of those RUclips advodollars into production quality.
Okay I massively enjoyed the “adverts coming up” marker in the corner and “I’ll tell you after the break” and then actually having adverts there!!!
oh i guess my adblock was a bad thing just this time
The things I miss by paying for RUclips Premium.
Hmm... I dont block any ads on youtube on my phone but I only got an outro ad, not when the end of part 1 came up.
@@MateusSFigueiredo ad block is always a bad thing. Creators deserve to get paid.
@@Kyle-gw6qp They do, but there are much more productive ways of supporting creators than through ad revenue, especially through RUclips and other major streaming sites. Giving them money via Patreon or whatever other services they use, buying their merchandise, supporting them on smaller streaming services or even joining up with those sometimes annoying sponsored offers probably nets all but the largest creators more money per view than ad revenue can hope to match.
It also doesn't help that ads these days on many sites actively engage in particularly unsavory tracking and data collection tactics. Tom just did a video on that exact topic about a month ago. I personally wish that more sites and ad companies would engage in honest straightforward methods that wouldn't have me and others decide whether we value privacy and security over the livelihoods of others.
Absolutely love how in most- non location based videos you’re just kinda going for a hike. Makes it feel like I’m hearing facts from a buddy while we go on a walk!
" Because you can " is a secret pleasure for all craftsman/artists and artisans.
The god of the single take has returned.
Sorry to puncture your bubble: it was not necessarily a single take.
One or some or all of the clips interposed could have been used to hide a cut.
Not saying it was, but just saying we couldn't tell either way...
This wasn't a single take, though.
who knows if this is a full single take (except the brake of course). Maybe they did some cuts/retakes with all those full screen clips
@@trueriver1950 ...and writer/narrators like to show off their skill in recording in one take, if they can.
@@trueriver1950 It's not one take (obvious if you watch the outtake) but I'm generally very confident that each part of this video is one cut.
I love that you rendered this video in 50fps, to match the original broadcasts' framerates.
very tom
its probably not an intentional nod, in europe we do that simply because it means our lights dont flicker on camera
It has to do with Europes Electrical grid. It runs on 25Hz, but the US one is on 30Hz
@@AVeryRandomPerson double those numbers and you’re correct :)
@@AVeryRandomPerson Err, that's only half of the frequency they run on. EU runs at 50Hz, while US runs at 60Hz.
I'm back again, still my favourite Tom Scott video. Miss you posting tom.
I am so NOT surprised that a young Tom Scott was more fascinated by a title sequence, than by the actual programme itself...
It always satisfying when someone notices that extra touch you did in editing, some times no one ever does, but it's also satisfying just knowing it's there.
About the compass being a detail that most people won't notice: sure they wouldn't say or remember they saw a compass spinning, but our eyes or brain catch it in the peripheral vision and we do feel the impact of the laser more.
"You didn't see it. But your brain did".
Plus, someone twenty years in the future might mention it to viewers on a platform which hasn't been conceived yet.
It's a bit like that silent jumping pylon, the visible clues make your brain add an extra dimension.
I think this might be your best video ever Tom. It has such personal importance while showing the impermanence, as well as the value of the medium you use. Even though it is only just shy of 18 minutes, it feels like an odyssey, even in a landscape of excessively long youtube videos. Thank you very much for this, and here's to 10 years of Tom Scott expedition videos.
17 Minute Tom Scott?????? LETS GO
one of his best for sure
Yay
ew verlisify
Wait Verlis is a Tom Scott fan? I'm not sure I can continue to be a Tom Scott fan...
Honestly, it flew by so quick for me haha
The little square in the top right corner of the "end of part one" card didn't go unnoticed Tom!
Thank you for _that_ nostalgic easter egg too!
I noticed it but don’t know what it meant
@@jimmyfaseler5968 It's called a "cue mark" so you can look it up on wikipedia.
And the clapperboard at the end!
Also thank you for putting a distinct advert break in rather than just crashing to one mid sentence like most of RUclips!
@@Omni315 Thanks for cueing us in! I came to the comments hoping for some illumination and I wasn't disappointed.
I'd never seen them on TV before, only the cigarette burn style used for projection films. Seems like this usage in TV is primarily in the UK.
I have never been as nostalgic for anything as the little black and white bars in the corner of the screen telling me an ad break was coming. Thank you Tom.
Yay ... someone else noticed it at 11:54
The "5 seconds before adverts" (and 2 seconds before it disappears) so regional TV stations could play their own adverts, in sync.
I assume there was something behind the scenes we never saw that told them when to come back to the show.
And the words "End of part 1" still showing a fraction of a second in part 2. Another glitch from the past
@@BryTee I guess they were told to show an exact amount of seconds of ads, which I guess is why sometime the last ad would freeze on the last frame or there'd be a black screen for a second while national caught up?
Great, now this video has started bringing tears to my eyes
Ah, life......
The black and white thing before the adverts! Appreciated that.
I think it was a signal from the national control room to let the regional broadcasters (Granada, Central, LWT etc) know they'd need to show their local adverts in a few seconds' time. Nostalgia!
i wondered what this was, only saw it a maybe 3 times total in tv ^^"
Cue tones
@@Vlad-kf7hw normally it would have been just our of shot with a standard tv. The times you could see it where when one brought casting live borrowed show from other networks. ( if network A had X size imaging and B had Y) and then still for a few seconds as the network would fix it if they could on the next break.
Known as a 'cue dot'; used to come on at -10" to the end of part, then disappear at either -5" or -3" to allow the regional broadcasters to roll their ad VTs, no instant start in them days!
The ad break might have been the best Tom Scott easter egg so far, and I'm not using that statement lightly.
Honestly that was so good I wasnt even pissed at the 20 second unskippable ad
I’m glad you pointed it out, I didn’t get the joke, I was wondering why there was a random “part one” “part two” in the middle of the video.
The best bit was the ad countdown marker in the gtop right corner...
The indicator flash in the top corner just before the break was another little touch of class. Tom, I love your attention to detail.
Countdown bars at the top right are pure nostalgia and only a few people will get it
This hit differently. I can't notice everything that you've done, but I can tell that you have strived to make a piece that somehow makes me feel nostalgia for something I never watched.
Thank you.
Well put. I wasn't alive during that time, but it's just such a well done video. I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
This is probably the greatest and most genuine tribute to anything I’ve ever seen, and it still matches the rest of your content while honoring the show and being something you personally enjoyed. Love to see it Tim.
WHY am I crying if I didn't even knew anything mentioned in the video before seen it. I'm a 25 y/o mexican, who has no relationship whatsoever with the UK or anything related to it, but this made me emotional, so, thank you, Tom. Great homage.
Awhhh
Same hahaha it was weirdly touching!
Literally same!, it was beautifully done and crafted! From Ecuador, I had no connection either, and still cried for this tribute
Still can’t imagine Tom as a child..
Tom never was child. Child was Tom.
Tom was probably born with a grey hoodie and red shirt underneath.
@@never8931 his clothes are actually part of his body
@@RusselsYTAcc incorrect
His clothes are his body.
@@never8931 So nothing is underneath? Or is there a huge brain underneath, that would explain a lot
Climbing a hill to talk about television production minutiae: peak Tom Scott ;)
Tom Scott on a peak!
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@@EdwardCree I use .png
@@neeharika422 I use .bmp
@@astral2048 discussions get more animated with .gif - especially when it turns heated over the pronunciation
This is, I think, my favourite youtube video. It's perfect. Obviously, I'm British, I remember all the It'll be alright on the night programmes, but - more importantly - I appreciate the straining to get the details right that defines achievement in so many fields. As you said, nobody'll register all that effort that went into some title sequence, just as nobody would ever even see a hidden carving on a the ceiling of a medeival cathedral. But I saw your "cue dot" (or, apparently, "ident"). All hail the thought put into the details!
Ah Tom what a fantastic video this was! Absolutely loved it!
Hellooooo!
Steven Bridges! Hope to see you back soon! Love your stuff!
"I'll tell you after the break"
Now there's some nostalgia
not something I'll ever miss.
I consider most Tom Scott content as being "Above and Beyond".
2 hour flights for a few minutes of video = perfect, but why
That I can only 'like' this once is a travesty. So many layers to take inspiration from, not least the great comments. Of all your great videos, this has left me most emotional.
I paused this video several times to let Tom take a break to breathe and read the next lines in the script.
BuT tHaT dOeSnT wOrK
I feel like the little advert warning top right was Tom's compass needle
That reminds me of why I always hated commercials on TV. Most channels cut straight into a loud obnoxious commercial, regardless of the movie you're watching. It always spooked me. If they did stuff like announce the break a few seconds prior, i'd be more willing to put up with it.
@@theonewithoutidentity Do they not have an ad break warning like the one Tom uses here where you live? The little black and white box is great, you can use it to brace yourself for the sprint to the kitchen to put the kettle on (UK ad breaks are timed to let viewers boil a kettle and make tea before the break's over). It's called a cue mark. It used to be used so regional broadcasters for ITV and Channel 4 could cue up their local adverts to start at the right time on a nationally-broadcast programme.
@@hyrulesarnian932 Tom has done a video on how energy companies keep aside extra capacity for big events on TV for this exact reason!
@@Grantallica Yep. One of the few videos of his that didn't teach me anything new, as "how are things at Dinorwig lately" is a standard slow news day/unimaginative documentary maker standby.
Yup, I liked that little Easter egg too 😎
Shoutout to the camera person walking backwards up hill the entire time
Is it matt?
@@Lwaldie1 Judging by the voice in the end, nope. I think it's the one who did the "what do we do in the future" section of the Copyright video
@@yuvalne What he's done before I don't know, but the credits show his name: Simon Handley.
@@yuvalne idk, it def sounds like Matt to me. His laugh is very distinct
@@wave1090 it isn’t
As someone who was lucky enough to work through some of those golden years of TV, I salute you Sir. This isn't just personal, you nailed it... Thank you. 👍
(just sorry it took so long to find your work)
This video made tears stream down my face. I am going back to work, there is a compass needle I need to move.
This was actually genuinely heartwarming, a little bit of light at the end of 2020.
That "7" transition needs to be analysed by Coridor Crew.
6:28 ... You can see it fade and SLIGHTLY be off at that point (around the circle's edge). If you were to use a jib cam on a reflective surface like that, you'd a) see the jib in the 7 and b) see the lights move where they cast on the 7 as the jib flies around.
@@ShawnTempesta You sure that's not just the lights and reflection changing as the camera angle changes?
Big agree.
Or Captain Disillusion
@@ShawnTempesta Def agree. 6.28 is where the fade is. There's 1 frame where you can clearly see the CG lighter 7 not quite matching the darker real 7 (particularly the top line of the 7). Still very impressive tracking for 1993.
Adding the “cue marker” before a mid roll Ad kicked it was a great little bit of nostalgia and a great Easter egg !
As soon as I heard the words “Alright on the night” I heard the theme tune in my head, I had no idea it was still going passed the 90s !
""Sometimes it's worth doing things for your craft, just because you can. Sometimes it's worth going above and beyond sweating the small stuff because someone else will notice what you've done ... while you don't have to strive for absolute perfection, sometimes it's worth taking a little bit of time and effort to make something you're really proud of."
- Tom Scott
Thank you. I needed that =)
Tom, your more personal videos like this, the high pitched noise video, and the car driving video have always struck a chord with me. Here's to many more cockup trips in the future
I subscribe under every single word
Now I really miss ‘90s TV again
A lot of people are discussing the camera work on this video, were you filming this?
lilt: the totally topical taste
Thameslink Rail probably not, read the description
@@thameslinkrail4038 Judging by the voice in the end, nope. I think it's the one who did the "what do we do in the future" section of the Copyright video
Oh, forgot what DoP meant, also saw a few comments saying the laugh at the end sounded like Matt
I love the ad break in the middle, complete with barbershop barcode thing in the corner