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Jimmy Owen

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« on: December 07, 2013, 09:06:50 AM »

\"Break the Bank\" 76 and \"The New Treasure Hunt\" used it to great effect, IMO.  What did you think?


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« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2013, 12:15:59 PM »

A slightly different example, but on early episodes of 80s $ale, they would zoom out from the shopping area to the main area which had all the lights turned out. I thought it looked nice.


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« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2013, 12:19:44 PM »

Last episode of NBC\'s Jeopardy could almost bring a tear to your eye...the lights dimmed, no applause, only a spotlight on the last FJ wager board and score.


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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2013, 12:29:04 PM »


Last episode of NBC\'s Jeopardy could almost bring a tear to your eye...the lights dimmed, no applause, only a spotlight on the last FJ wager board and score.




 


It did for me. And that song (Charlie Chaplin\'s Smile). Could they have gotten a more fitting song for that last scene?


 


Just one other thing: Which version of Smile was it? Obviously it was not the original song, as heard in 1936\'s Modern Times.


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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2013, 12:32:59 PM »

To answer Jimmy\'s question, when done right, it could create a nice dramatic, intimate effect (early Sale episodes, Treasure Hunt). Never really got that impression from Break the Bank. I think Sale did it the best, esp. with the slow zoom-out.


 


That\'s one effect I actually miss from shows, especially intros.


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« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2013, 12:45:17 PM »

And of course nobody can ever forget* the last CBS Joker\'s Wild, where the machine turned off at the end.

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« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2013, 03:46:06 PM »

The series finale of Davidson Hollywood Squares ended with audio bits playing over a dark, empty studio with a final balloon drop...it was kinda creepy.


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« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2013, 04:06:17 PM »
On one of the Camouflage episodes (not the GSN version) on the trading circuit, host Don Morrow and the contestant are shown in silhouette as the closing credits ran.

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« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2013, 08:14:44 PM »

Sometime during Super Password\'s run, they switched to an outro that dimmed the lights right as Gene Wood reminded us that it was a Mark Goodson Television Production. *cue flying logo with airplane SFX*  Thought it was pretty cool as a kid, still do now.



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« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2013, 09:06:33 PM »

Face The Music did every show.


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« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2013, 09:08:08 PM »


Face The Music did every show.




Did they? I noticed FTM was prone to using stock footage for show closings.


Also silhouette does not equate to light dimming.
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« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2013, 09:36:31 PM »


Face The Music did every show.


Did they? I noticed FTM was prone to using stock footage for show closings.

They did...there\'s some first season episodes where the day\'s champion \"conducted\" the orchestra, and the lights are dimmed there.
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« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2013, 10:54:01 PM »


 



 



Face The Music did every show.



Did they? I noticed FTM was prone to using stock footage for show closings.

They did...there\'s some first season episodes where the day\'s champion \"conducted\" the orchestra, and the lights are dimmed there.

 




 


That became every episode during the second season.  I never understood why they used the stock footage at the end, especially when it was quite clear they were all at the orchestra.

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2013, 08:16:08 PM »

One show that jumps out at me was the first reincarnation of High Rollers in the late 70s -- to show off the flashing \"High Rollers\" letters.  Not sure offhand if the first Trebek version or the Martindale version did any dimming of the lights at the end.


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« Reply #14 on: December 12, 2013, 04:26:57 PM »

$10,000 Pyramid (early episodes at least)


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