Who can't stand the way "Guiding Light" is being filmed lately?!
Question: I don't understand why they changed the way they film the Guidling Light. I hate it! I makes me a little dizzy just watching it. Any suggestions on how I can express my feelings to the network?
Answers: I don't understand why they changed the way they film the Guidling Light. I hate it! I makes me a little dizzy just watching it. Any suggestions on how I can express my feelings to the network?
I AGREE!! I keep thinking someone is sneaking up on people. you know how they use to do, they would use that shaky camera angle to give the illusion that someone is sneaking around listening in on things. I HATE IT! I get dizzy too, I am about to just stop watching altogether!
ok I thought I was the only one that noticed that....they are trying to make it look live action and it looks really awkward...
the only thing I can think of is go to www.cbs.com and look around the site for ways you can write them
I'm with you, this has been one of my favorite soaps for as long as I can remember, but now I can not stand to watch it. I don't know why they felt they had to change it, but I know a number of people you have lost interest in it and are no longer watching and one of them is Me. I saw on the previews today that the little demon child is suppose to do something unthinkable, maybe he is going to blow up the town and everyone will have to go in different directions. May as will the writers and produces have already kill the show.
I hate it too . Iam begining to hate this show all together . I am so mad that josh left reva and married idiot cassie . just email cbs .com and let your feelings be known .
its only been a few days!
yea i agree wit all u guys it is so annyoing!! go back 2 real filiming plez!! good lord it is very very unstanable lol!!
Well, we may not like it much...but it appears that it is here to stay....(I will continue to watch as I have since 1983)
GUIDING LIGHT'S new visual style, which premieres Friday, February 29, on the CBS Television Network, is a break from a production model that has been utilized in daytime television for over 50 years. With transformations throughout the entire show, these changes will bring a more current and realistic look to the series. The show leaves behind eight sets and expands to 40 permanent sets. Previously, each set had two or three walls and the tops remained open, exposing hundreds of lights and wires. Now, the sets have four walls plus a ceiling, which allow for a more cinematic 360-degree filming perspective.
Direction and editing have also been changed. Hand held cameras move around with the actors, shooting them from all angles and editing now takes place almost simultaneously as filming - all done within the confines of a small digital booth. GUIDING LIGHT has also decided to break out of the current mold of filming location shoots only once or twice a year. The show has adopted the town of Peapack, N.J. to shoot all of its exterior scenes, some of which have already aired, adding to the realistic look of the show. These scenes will total approximately 20% of the production.
Guiding Light Unveils Unprecedented New Look and Production Style For Daytime
Breaking from a production model that has been utilized in daytime television for over 50 years, GUIDING LIGHT will premiere the first episode featuring its innovative new production style on Friday, Feb. 29 on the CBS Television Network. With transformations throughout the entire show, these changes will bring a more current and realistic look to the series.
GUIDING LIGHT's new production model includes permanent sets inside its New York City studio. Once having only eight sets to work with, the show now has forty, which also have four walls and a ceiling, where previously each set had two or three walls and the tops remained open exposing hundreds of lights and wires.
Direction has also been changed. Hand held cameras move around with the actors, shooting them from all angles, bringing the audience closer to each character. These changes give the sets a more realistic feeling, as well as changing the way the actors react in a situation.
Editing has changed as well. It now takes place almost simultaneously as filming - all done within the confines of a small digital booth. A production suite with monitors, directors and producers is a thing of the past.
GUIDING LIGHT has also decided to break out of the current mold of filming location shoots only once or twice a year. The show has adopted the town of Peapack, N.J. to shoot all of its exterior scenes, some of which have already aired, thus adding to the realistic look of the show. These scenes will total approximately 20% off the production.
"These changes will allow us to tell our stories in a more intimate way, while giving our characters' struggles, relationships and issues more of a real-life feel," said Ellen Wheeler, executive producer of GUIDING LIGHT. "The show will have a more organic feel, along with more authenticity, and we're thrilled to be able to bring this to our fans."
"GUIDING LIGHT made the leap from radio to television in 1952 and now it makes another leap," says Barbara Bloom, Senior Vice President of Daytime Programming, CBS. "By making the show's production more relevant, and yet continuing the phenomenal storytelling that has kept it the longest-running drama in broadcast history, GUIDING LIGHT is taking down the barriers and pushing the show ahead. Executive Producer Ellen Wheeler along with GL's cast and crew, have been fearless, and our fans are going to be able to experience their favorite characters like never before."
In the Feb. 29 episode, viewers will see "Jonathan Randall" (Tom Pelphrey) hit yet another rocky point in his tormented life. A troubled young man, out seeking revenge for his unhappy childhood, he got involved with spoiled, rich "Lizzie Spaulding" (Marcy Rylan), with whom he had a baby girl, though he eventually married his true love, Tammy. A series of dangerous circumstances culminating in Tammy's death forced this now upstanding father to fake his and his daughter's deaths, but Jonathan has returned to Springfield to finish up where he had left off and marry Lizzie.