Monthly Archives: April 2011
Filming Hypnosis
One job in the early 80s springs to mind whenever stage hypnosis comes up in conversation. We were hired to film a show at the Glasgow Pavillion for hypnotist Robert Halpern, who successfully managed to pack out this famous theatre … Continue reading
The Royal Wedding
Well yes, we did watch the royal wedding here at Rumble – for purely professional reasons of course. The television coverage was incredibly good and thorough to say the least, with absolutely every inch filmed of Kate Middleton and Prince … Continue reading
Autocue
With the death of Huber “Hub” Schlafly this week, our thoughts turn to the invention of a piece of kit which became the marvel of the broadcasting industry. Our first autocue was a primitive system andrequired little actual physical setting … Continue reading
Jewel Case Mountain
In the good old days of video production, the music library was a visible feature of any edit suite. Cabinets were dedicated to housing CD upon hundreds of CDs each in their colourful and space-consuming jewel case. There was something … Continue reading