"If/Then" to be filmed?- Page 2

[cmorrow]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 3:14pm

For Broadway tapings, TOFT uses multiple cameras; for Off-Broadway, it's usually a single camera, with zooming in and out, panning, etc. But TOFT tapes do not look like cable-friendly TV adaptations, with rapid cutting. They're still archival videos.

[darreyl102]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 6:01pm

Are the videos in the archives the ones that were used for all the promotional/Press Footage?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 6:14pm

No.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 7:28pm

An illegal bootleg is bound to eventually show up on YouTube. The entire production of Next to Normal is there, with original cast, and the author/owner team has apparently done nothing to get it yanked down.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 8:13pm

Videos have been up and down ever since the DC tryout.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 5/7/14 at 8:31pm

It's up right now and has been for months. Full video of original Broadway cast. Just search Next to Normal on YouTube and it's the first one that pops up.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 5/8/14 at 3:07pm

I meant the DC tryout of IF/THEN. There are still a few clips up, but there were at times more.

[Kad]

Posted: 5/8/14 at 3:22pm

"Are the videos in the archives the ones that were used for all the promotional/Press Footage?"

B-roll is shot for those purposes- generally just short sections of the show, and in a more polished fashion.

The Lincoln Center Archive tapings are not intended for mass consumption. They're intended for research purposes only.

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 5/8/14 at 4:01pm

The archival recordings aren't great but they get the job done. Usually the sound is a bit off and the coloring isn't too great.

Most shows that are filmed for mass distribution make changes to the lighting to accommodate the color spectrum of the cameras. That doesn't happen for the archival tapings and it shows.

Anyone can go to the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center and watch what they have on file (everything). I've seen a few shows there. It's surprisingly boring.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 5/8/14 at 4:08pm

"Anyone can go to the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center and watch what they have on file (everything)."

They do not have everything, some shows close before arrangements to have TOFT come in can be made. And some shows will put restrictions on who can view the recording, it is not the free for all that some seem to think it is.