Filming order?

[Maurice]

The difference is that Trek had standing sets, whereas the BBC put up and took down all sets for each studio session. So from season two B7 would combine two episodes, shooting all the Liberator flight deck scenes at once so the set wasn't needed for the other session (I have the studio script for Horizon, no flight deck scenes, but all the teleport bay and corridor scenes for Shadow).
On Who, by the 70s, the TARDIS scenes were always left till last, because if time ran out they could be done in the next story. Whereas on Trek, the bridge scenes were often done first, while the guest sets were being built.

As I said, I oversimplified deliberately.

I've never seen an actual B7 script. I'm curious about the formatting.

 

[Lance]

I'm curious about the shooting schedule on 'I Mudd'.

It appears as though the bridge scenes were recorded at a different time, as Sulu/George Takei is present, but he is conspicuous by his absence after the teaser, and Sulu of course doesn't appear in any scenes on Mudd's planet.... I'm assuming because the actor was available whenever the bridge scenes were shot, but absent when the rest of the episode rolled? Which scenes were done first??

 

[Falconer]

One thing I’ve learned since starting this thread is how much of this info is on Memory Alpha. Check it out! https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/I,_Mudd_(episode)#Production_timeline

 

[johnnybear]

A 'production order', therefore, in the case of The Bill could only be whatever date a fully finished and edited copy of any given episode existed in post.

You wouldn't have a production order for The Bill 1987-91 would you, Lance? I've been watching these for a long time and hair styles and story arcs change with the wind so i'd love to watch them in the order they were made if possible!
JB

 

[ZapBrannigan]

If you watch season two of Primeval and Moving Wallpaper, you'll spot that (after a few episodes) Ben Miller is wearing the same suit in both of them. They were shot in different studios on the same lot, and he'd move from one to the other as needed, without having to pause for a costume change.

Richard Anderson was on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman simultaneously, playing the same character. My impression, just from thinking back, is that he had a different look on TBW, more casual and prone to lighter colors.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

If you watch season two of Primeval and Moving Wallpaper, you'll spot that (after a few episodes) Ben Miller is wearing the same suit in both of them. They were shot in different studios on the same lot, and he'd move from one to the other as needed, without having to pause for a costume change.

I understand that that was why Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White typically wore the same costumes in every episode of The Adventures of Superman in the 1950s. They'd shoot all of their scenes on a certain set (say Perry White's office) for the entire season, and then move on to the next set.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons and Brian Keith in Family Affair reportedly each filmed all of their scenes for a season in two shooting blocks, to free them up for other things while production continued with the other actors.

 

[Harvey]

I'm curious about the shooting schedule on 'I Mudd'.

It appears as though the bridge scenes were recorded at a different time, as Sulu/George Takei is present, but he is conspicuous by his absence after the teaser, and Sulu of course doesn't appear in any scenes on Mudd's planet.... I'm assuming because the actor was available whenever the bridge scenes were shot, but absent when the rest of the episode rolled? Which scenes were done first??

Per the schedule, the bridge scenes were planned for the very end of the shoot, on Monday August 21, 1967 (day 7 of 7).

 

[diankra]

This may have become standard practice on the later shows, but on the original series, the bridge scenes were often scheduled for later in the shoot. Not sure of the exact percentage, but I just looked at the shooting schedules for ten random shows and six out of ten pushed the bridge scenes until after the first day.

Devil in the Dark? But yep, I should have said could and sometimes, at least.

 

[diankra]

The B7 scripts I have vary, The Way Back is a first draft (including Arco, Travis and Avon), Blake is as tx except for the scar being an eyepatch 'exactly like that once worn by Travis', and here' a page from Horizon/Shadow
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217890927336870&id=1594279091

 

[Harvey]

Devil in the Dark? But yep, I should have said could and sometimes, at least.

“Devil” is one of about five shows where I don’t have a copy of the shooting schedule. But some other production paperwork I do have (call sheets and production reports, neither complete) indicates that at least a few bridge scenes were picked up at the end of the schedule for that one, too.

 

[diankra]

“Devil” is one of about five shows where I don’t have a copy of the shooting schedule. But some other production paperwork I do have (call sheets and production reports, neither complete) indicates that at least a few bridge scenes were picked up at the end of the schedule for that one, too.

Seems that they were doing planet scenes when Shatner's father died and, after carrying on as long as they could in his absense, had to call a halt. But I don't have a schedule.

 

[Mytran]

Per the schedule, the bridge scenes were planned for the very end of the shoot, on Monday August 21, 1967 (day 7 of 7).

I wonder if they stuck to that? Sulu was in the immediate episode prior (The Deadly Years) but then not again for another 10 episodes (Return To Tomorrow)

 

[J.T.B.]

There were a couple of US shows that did something like that, having two simultaneous units to keep up the production schedule, but they did it by using alternating lead actors. The '60s Western Maverick started with just one lead, but then added his brother to alternate with him (and eventually a couple of other brothers making at least occasional appearances). The scripts were written generically, without knowing in advance which lead they'd go to, and the brothers' distinct personalities came through strictly via the actors' performances.

The Virginian required extra shooting time because it was 90 minutes, so they always had two crews and sometimes three going at once. The main cast was mostly split up working on episodes focused on one character, but sometimes another main actor would appear for a scene or two. And each season would have two or three episodes that got everyone together. I heard an interview with James Drury who said one time when they got behind he shot scenes for five episodes in one day.

 

[Maurice]

The B7 scripts I have vary, The Way Back is a first draft (including Arco, Travis and Avon), Blake is as tx except for the scar being an eyepatch 'exactly like that once worn by Travis', and here' a page from Horizon/Shadow
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10217890927336870&id=1594279091

Sadly, it's so tiny as to be unreadable.

 

[diankra]

Sadly, it's so tiny as to be unreadable.

Have to have another go. Once home.

 

[Maurice]

“Devil” is one of about five shows where I don’t have a copy of the shooting schedule. But some other production paperwork I do have (call sheets and production reports, neither complete) indicates that at least a few bridge scenes were picked up at the end of the schedule for that one, too.

I'd hesitate to say "picked up" if they were scheduled as part of the main production schedule, since "pick up" has a specific Hollywood meaning.

 

[Therin of Andor]

They were shot in different studios on the same lot, and he'd move from one to the other as needed, without having to pause for a costume change.

An old trick learned from shows like "The Adventures of Superman".

 

[Harvey]

I'd hesitate to say "picked up" if they were scheduled as part of the main production schedule, since "pick up" has a specific Hollywood meaning.

Quite right!

I wish I had that schedule. It must exist *somewhere*.

 

[Maurice]

[...]They were shot in different studios on the same lot[...]

I think you mean different STAGES in the same STUDIO lot.