About: 1982 Outdoor Set

Description
Metadata
Settings
- owl:sameAs
- Inference Rule:

About: 1982 Outdoor Set Sponge Permalink

An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

When Coronation Street began in December 1960 the Street itself was represented by a set erected in the studios at Granada Television which was in reality just a frontage, less than normal scale and had the pavement and cobblestones painted on the studio floor with the viaduct at the Corner Shop end being no more than a scenic backdrop.

Attributes	Values
rdfs:label	1982 Outdoor Set
rdfs:comment	When Coronation Street began in December 1960 the Street itself was represented by a set erected in the studios at Granada Television which was in reality just a frontage, less than normal scale and had the pavement and cobblestones painted on the studio floor with the viaduct at the Corner Shop end being no more than a scenic backdrop.
dcterms:subject	Filming locations Filming locations
abstract	When Coronation Street began in December 1960 the Street itself was represented by a set erected in the studios at Granada Television which was in reality just a frontage, less than normal scale and had the pavement and cobblestones painted on the studio floor with the viaduct at the Corner Shop end being no more than a scenic backdrop. In the 1960s, this was a normal state of affairs for television in Britain and also meant that the programme could use the continuous recording method of videotaping as actors merely had to cross from one part of the studio to another to move from the set inside a house to the street set or vice versa. By 1968 tastes and production methods had changed and the production team felt that the next stage in the development of the programme was to have their own outdoor set, similar to that which had been built for the ATV serial Market in Honey Lane. Suitable premises were located in Grape Street, just behind Granada's studios - which had the added advantage of in-situ cobblestones and railway viaduct. The wooden studio set was erected there and first seen on screen in Episode 770 (1st May 1968). Eighteen months later, ITV moved into colour and this necessitated the set being built built in brick, though it remained just a frontage for two years before the back yards and ginnel were added. Although a vast improvement on the 1960s production techniques, new problems abounded such as the lack of drainage facilities for rainwater, the small scale of the houses being apparent when large vehicles were shown in the street and the ever-present cold caused by the set being hemmed in by the viaduct and a large bonded warehouse behind the houses. They remained only shells with no proper protection and the actors were vociferous in their hatred of the cold and damp they encountered when filming there. Added to that, the set also limited directors in choice of shots as there were no chimneys on the half roofs and the Rosamund Street end was non-existent as a pair of gates leading from Grape Street stood in the place of the thoroughfare.

OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3217, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu), Standard Edition
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2012 OpenLink Software