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‘The Muppet Show’…Horizontal Split Screen Open
Who knew? Until I saw this photo and compared it to a Season 4 opening montage, I never knew it was done in layers of horizontal image editing. The video starts at the intro. Enjoy and share.
http://youtu.be/fp05wtcvDMk?t=38s
Agree with Louis that i do and don’t want to see how they did it, something that I loved to watch in my childhood 🙂
I always assumed it was a process shot simply because the on-screen arrangement of each level doesn’t leave any space for the puppeteers.
So shot in England, probably with Marconi cameras in 625 line PAL, that is why it can look SOO darn good!
I do and don’t want to see this. Like pulling back the curtain on the wizard
It was the only way we could do it then!
Anybody recognise the Muppeteers? I reckon Richard Hunt is one of them. Usually the crew included Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and Jerry Nelson, at least during the first series in 1976.
Studio D, ATV Elstree studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England . Occupied by BBC TV since 1984. Photo taken from the permanent audience area, the Muppet workshop was underneath the audience seating at studio floor level.
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