Today's Adventure: Lucy and Desi shoot a scene in the bedroom. I Love Lucy shot each episode on 35mm film with three cameras in front of a studio audience. How the audience managed to see anything I have no idea.
you can detect a better quality of look in the old Lucys that other TV shows of the time didn't have,big spaces no clutter,actors centered at a pleasent medium to medium closeup most of the time..enough room to throw in a GOLEM..lookout Rick!
Ha, exactly. But in all seriousness I have seen shows produced and know that most have steeply inclined seating (today it's called stadium seating) that starts about six feet up just above the camera level. They also have moniters so that you can watch it there while in the audience, if one so desires.
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Can you spot Karl Freund in there?
What a career, from Metropolis to I Love Lucy, but you can bet which one was seen by more people.
you can detect a better quality of look in the old Lucys that other TV shows of the time didn't have,big spaces no clutter,actors centered at a pleasent medium to medium closeup most of the time..enough room to throw in a GOLEM..lookout Rick!
Notice the happy couple is not actually in bed during the "bedroom scene." Think: Immaculate Deception.
Also, look closely and you'll see it's two single beds pushed together, surely to be pulled back apart at night when it's bedtime.
Greg, in answer to your question, the studio audience saw the "laugh" and "applause" perfectly fine, at least based on the re-runs I saw.
Ha, exactly. But in all seriousness I have seen shows produced and know that most have steeply inclined seating (today it's called stadium seating) that starts about six feet up just above the camera level. They also have moniters so that you can watch it there while in the audience, if one so desires.
Two single beds pushed together. But you won't see Lucy & Desi in bed together at the same time. And that's the take-home message.
Didn't Desi have an unfortunate habit of taking other women to bed instead?
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