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  • Roger Poole

    December 10, 2017 at 1:26 pm

    Regarding the, at the time, groundbreaking Bohemian Rhapsody video it shouldn’t go without mention that it was literally knocked together in an afternoon for the BBC’s Top of the pops program and the avant garde edit was done by Barry Stevens at the BBC. When the edit was complete it was so, at the time, radical in style that nobody knew if it would make it to broadcast, but it has now become iconic and paved the way for everything which has come along since. I just goes to show that forward planning doesn’t produce something which breaks the mold. But putting together a bunch of talented people and giving them the freedom to do it their way sometimes does. Barry went on to work for Avid in the UK but I’ve not seen him around for a while, probably retired now, but what an achievement to look back on from that fateful afternoon.

  • Oliver Peters

    December 10, 2017 at 1:44 pm

    [Roger Poole] “Barry went on to work for Avid in the UK but I’ve not seen him around for a while”

    Barry is still around. But yes, largely retired. Great guy. He was also the online editor for Zappa’s “200 Motels”. I think he also cut some on the Quantel Harry/Henry (?) for a while.

    – Oliver

    Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com

  • Eric Santiago

    December 10, 2017 at 5:29 pm

    Gonna rip off the water reflection scene for myself ????

    Thanks Bill!!

  • Oliver Peters

    December 11, 2017 at 1:02 am

    But… Since this IS an editors’ forum…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viyufRQKlto

    All analog, baby! (film)

    – Oliver

    Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com

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  • Charlie Austin

    December 11, 2017 at 2:36 am

    Just gonna leave this here…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgmxMuW6Fsc

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  • Scott Thomas

    December 11, 2017 at 8:48 am

    David Sieg still maintains last known Scanimate at his shop: https://scanimate.com

  • Bill Davis

    December 11, 2017 at 5:12 pm

    Part of the charm of the original is that it at least “looked like” some guy did it himself in his spare bedroom.

    Since we’re now comparing major $$$ Pro Music videos – I personally think it’s hard to beat this one from Chinese artist Jane Zhang.

    In both concept and execution, state of the art.

    (pun intended)

    https://youtu.be/ZgnClGC8-WQ

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  • Jeremy Garchow

    December 11, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    [Charlie Austin] “Just gonna leave this here…

    If you’re going to leave that there, I am going to leave this here:

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