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'''Vision mixers''' were regular members of the production crew of the 1963 version of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | '''Vision mixers''' were regular members of the production crew of the 1963 version of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
During the recording of a programme, they sat in the control booth above the studio floor and decided when to switch between the — usually ''four'' – cameras that were being used to film an episode, according to the [[director]]'s instructions. They were thus "live [[editor]]s", who controlled when a particular camera was actively recording. | During the recording of a programme, they sat in the control booth above the studio floor and decided when to switch between the — usually ''four'' – cameras that were being used to film an episode, according to the [[Director (crew)|director]]'s instructions. They were thus "live [[editor]]s", who controlled when a particular camera was actively recording. | ||
They also were responsible for some [[visual effect]]s, such as the insertion of pre-recorded material [[playback|played back]] into a scene, and indeed the achievement of the original title sequence. Undoubtedly, however, their most important visual effect was that of [[regeneration]], which — as established by ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|Tenth Planet]]'' vision mixer, [[Shirley Coward]] — was always achieved by some form of camera cross-fade. | They also were responsible for some [[visual effect]]s, such as the insertion of pre-recorded material [[playback|played back]] into a scene, and indeed the achievement of the original title sequence. Undoubtedly, however, their most important visual effect was that of [[regeneration]], which — as established by ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|Tenth Planet]]'' vision mixer, [[Shirley Coward]] — was always achieved by some form of camera cross-fade. | ||
Interviewed on ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'' [[DVD]] extra ''[[Vision On]]'', early [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]]-era vision mixer, [[Clive Doig]], had this to say about his job: | Interviewed on ''[[The Sensorites (TV story)|The Sensorites]]'' [[DVD]] extra ''[[Vision On]]'', early [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]]-era vision mixer, [[Clive Doig]], had this to say about his job: | ||
{{quote|What I'm doing as a vision mixer is cutting to the camera against the dialogue of the [camera script that the [[director]] has prepared]."|[[Clive Doig]]}} | {{quote|What I'm doing as a vision mixer is cutting to the camera against the dialogue of the [camera script that the [[Director (crew)|director]] has prepared]."|[[Clive Doig]]}} | ||
Because no mainstream [[DWU]] show after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' has been produced in a multi-camera environment, vision mixers essentially haven't been used since [[1989]]. Very brief exceptions occasionally crop up, however, as when characters are seen to be watching [[television]] programmes. The clearest examples of vision mixing in the [[BBC Wales]] era are perhaps [[Trisha Goddard]]'s scenes in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''. | Because no mainstream [[DWU]] show after ''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]'' has been produced in a multi-camera environment, vision mixers essentially haven't been used since [[1989]]. Very brief exceptions occasionally crop up, however, as when characters are seen to be watching [[television]] programmes. The clearest examples of vision mixing in the [[BBC Wales]] era are perhaps [[Trisha Goddard]]'s scenes in ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''. | ||
