Talk:2384: Set in the Present - Revision history

SilverTheTerribleMathematician at 23:59, 2 January 2023

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Edheldil at 13:22, 28 December 2020

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Captain Video at 17:44, 14 November 2020

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162.158.134.84 at 00:49, 14 November 2020

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162.158.92.100 at 00:34, 14 November 2020

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Hkmaly at 06:58, 13 November 2020

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Hkmaly at 06:53, 13 November 2020

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Arcorann at 00:06, 13 November 2020

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	You're just a bit ahead of the scheduling vs recording of TV-shows. I've seen in this week alone at least four shows where Covid-19 is a major player and everyone has masks... is this the late autumn-winter season of TV? :S --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.84\|162.158.134.84]] 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)		You're just a bit ahead of the scheduling vs recording of TV-shows. I've seen in this week alone at least four shows where Covid-19 is a major player and everyone has masks... is this the late autumn-winter season of TV? :S --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.84\|162.158.134.84]] 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
	: Wikipedia doesn't have a "COVID-19 in popular culture" page yet, but I bet it will by the end of the year. I considered starting one myself but material is still kind of thin. [[User:Captain Video\|Captain Video]] ([[User talk:Captain Video\|talk]]) 17:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)		: Wikipedia doesn't have a "COVID-19 in popular culture" page yet, but I bet it will by the end of the year. I considered starting one myself but material is still kind of thin. [[User:Captain Video\|Captain Video]] ([[User talk:Captain Video\|talk]]) 17:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	He was a year off. [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 23:59, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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 : I think if I were a producer, I would simply add masks to the show in situations where people would wear them in real life, even if the script was written before COVID. You wouldn`t even have to mention it in the show. Would make it more realistic, safer for the actors, and would acknowledge that COVID is simply a reality in 2020.
 :: Really ''really'' [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53936399 contemporary productions] have famously made various concessions to make 'reality' film safely (not sure what they did about masks to film a 'safe reality', I don't watch that stuff myself). Anything that can be delayed seems to have been delayed, though, so we're yet to see 'new normal' pop up, and anything mid-shoot will likely start again with precautionary but pre-mask arrangements rather than reshoot the old shots to include face-coverings. It's going to be interesting to see what signs creep in (like radio dramas where clearly they Zoomed it in, just one character sounds like they're under a duvet, or ought to have been). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 Transcript has a typo for the year: " Is this story set in 2049?" should read " Is this story set in 2019?"[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.247|162.158.166.247]] 09:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

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	You're just a bit ahead of the scheduling vs recording of TV-shows. I've seen in this week alone at least four shows where Covid-19 is a major player and everyone has masks... is this the late autumn-winter season of TV? :S --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.84\|162.158.134.84]] 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)		You're just a bit ahead of the scheduling vs recording of TV-shows. I've seen in this week alone at least four shows where Covid-19 is a major player and everyone has masks... is this the late autumn-winter season of TV? :S --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.84\|162.158.134.84]] 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
		+	: Wikipedia doesn't have a "COVID-19 in popular culture" page yet, but I bet it will by the end of the year. I considered starting one myself but material is still kind of thin. [[User:Captain Video\|Captain Video]] ([[User talk:Captain Video\|talk]]) 17:44, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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	The problem with including masks etc. in productions is that it dates the movie/show precisely and makes it about COVID (qv.: chechovs gun) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.100\|162.158.92.100]] 00:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)		The problem with including masks etc. in productions is that it dates the movie/show precisely and makes it about COVID (qv.: chechovs gun) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.100\|162.158.92.100]] 00:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	You're just a bit ahead of the scheduling vs recording of TV-shows. I've seen in this week alone at least four shows where Covid-19 is a major player and everyone has masks... is this the late autumn-winter season of TV? :S --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.84\|162.158.134.84]] 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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	I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. (Also, there is enough CGI that filming each real character separately won't change the movie production much.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)		I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. (Also, there is enough CGI that filming each real character separately won't change the movie production much.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

−	The problem with including masks etc. in productions is that it dates the movie/show precisely and makes it about COVID (cv.: chechovs gun) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.100\|162.158.92.100]] 00:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)	+	The problem with including masks etc. in productions is that it dates the movie/show precisely and makes it about COVID (qv.: chechovs gun) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.100\|162.158.92.100]] 00:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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	I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. (Also, there is enough CGI that filming each real character separately won't change the movie production much.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)		I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. (Also, there is enough CGI that filming each real character separately won't change the movie production much.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	The problem with including masks etc. in productions is that it dates the movie/show precisely and makes it about COVID (cv.: chechovs gun) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.100\|162.158.92.100]] 00:34, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

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	Reminded me of this tweet thread from @qntm in June ("do you feel like in the past six months all contemporary fiction became period fiction"): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275909147729551360.html [[User:Arcorann\|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann\|talk]]) 00:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)		Reminded me of this tweet thread from @qntm in June ("do you feel like in the past six months all contemporary fiction became period fiction"): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275909147729551360.html [[User:Arcorann\|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann\|talk]]) 00:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

−	I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)	+	I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. (Also, there is enough CGI that filming each real character separately won't change the movie production much.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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	Reminded me of this tweet thread from @qntm in June ("do you feel like in the past six months all contemporary fiction became period fiction"): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275909147729551360.html [[User:Arcorann\|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann\|talk]]) 00:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)		Reminded me of this tweet thread from @qntm in June ("do you feel like in the past six months all contemporary fiction became period fiction"): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275909147729551360.html [[User:Arcorann\|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann\|talk]]) 00:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I'm not affected. In movies I'm watching, missing covid is NOT the most fantastic element. -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:53, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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	Transcript has a typo for the year: " Is this story set in 2049?" should read " Is this story set in 2019?"[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.247\|162.158.166.247]] 09:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)		Transcript has a typo for the year: " Is this story set in 2049?" should read " Is this story set in 2019?"[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.247\|162.158.166.247]] 09:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
	:Easily changed. Done! ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128\|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)		:Easily changed. Done! ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128\|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Reminded me of this tweet thread from @qntm in June ("do you feel like in the past six months all contemporary fiction became period fiction"): https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1275909147729551360.html [[User:Arcorann\|Arcorann]] ([[User talk:Arcorann\|talk]]) 00:06, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

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 :Just out of curiosity (because I mainly watch older stuff): are there any current, contemporarily-set shows that were filmed during COVID and where actors have (or have not) started wearing masks?
 : I think if I were a producer, I would simply add masks to the show in situations where people would wear them in real life, even if the script was written before COVID. You wouldn`t even have to mention it in the show. Would make it more realistic, safer for the actors, and would acknowledge that COVID is simply a reality in 2020.
-:: Really ''really'' [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53936399|contemporary productions] have famously made various concessions to make 'reality' film safely (not sure what they did about masks to film a 'safe reality', I don't watch that stuff myself). Anything that can be delayed seems to have been delayed, though, so we're yet to see 'new normal' pop up, and anything mid-shoot will likely start again with precautionary but pre-mask arrangements rather than reshoot the old shots to include face-coverings. It's going to be interesting to see what signs creep in (like radio dramas where clearly they Zoomed it in, just one character sounds like they're under a duvet, or ought to have been). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
+:: Really ''really'' [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53936399 contemporary productions] have famously made various concessions to make 'reality' film safely (not sure what they did about masks to film a 'safe reality', I don't watch that stuff myself). Anything that can be delayed seems to have been delayed, though, so we're yet to see 'new normal' pop up, and anything mid-shoot will likely start again with precautionary but pre-mask arrangements rather than reshoot the old shots to include face-coverings. It's going to be interesting to see what signs creep in (like radio dramas where clearly they Zoomed it in, just one character sounds like they're under a duvet, or ought to have been). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 Transcript has a typo for the year: " Is this story set in 2049?" should read " Is this story set in 2019?"[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.247|162.158.166.247]] 09:40, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 :Easily changed. Done! ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128|162.158.159.128]] 11:58, 12 November 2020 (UTC)