Issues with the knew knightmare episodes...
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Do you blindfold them?
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this was posted by BeVeryAfraid (Mr. Child) just yesterday i believe. in the Budget topic in general...the final section is the most relevant here...
A few answers to a few questions.
The CK tests came first naturally - then the first pilot.
The budget (cost) per programme for Knightmare was £50k. As programmes were only 23 minutes long, gameplay was usually constrained to no more than 20 minutes, after you had subtracted the duration of end and closing titles, plus resume.
So at £2.5k per minute it was very expensive for a gameshow (there being no tarrif for adventure games at the time). It was however cheap for drama, but then drama could always be repeated, whereas most gameshows aren't.
In 1993 we kept all the staff and cast on for two days at the end of series production and made a 30 minute pilot for the US market, entitled Lords of the Game.
All the cast were used except Hugo who was replaced by an American actor. Players were provided by the US Air base at Mildenhall in Suffolk. The pilot was not successful, US production companies being terrified of Cromakey-based shows, because of the technical complexity. A German production of Knightmare was agreed with RTL in Cologne in 91 but was then cancelled.
We were to make the first series (50 shows) in the UK, flying in German players and actors, and then export the production to Cologne for series 2.
Finally, a Sci-Fi adventure game format (in the Space Hulk/Aliens) style has been developed and is doing the rounds of the TV broadcasters. We think it's rather good.
It's called GARGANTUA 3.
And for those who are worried about the incorporation of Knightmare into full VR, I say: if we thought we couldn't do atmosphere and tension with this technology, then we wouldn't try it at all.
BVA
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The Knightmare "franchise" (if one can call it that) is in the safest hands it could possibly be in i.e. those of its creator.
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Well, the format rights are but the made programmes and books remain the property of Granada Media, so I'm not sure whether what he has is the actual franchise. Mind you, if the new series airs and is successful, a new franchise will evolve around it - and the old one will be revitalised, too (all the old books going back into print, for example).
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And maybe action figures?
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Or playsets entitled "Dicken meets the blocker" or "Ridolfo and Pooka double-set combo" or "real fire action Smirkenorff". Somebody start a thread ... actually, best not to.
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Limited edition maybe.
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Goblin horn?
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lol
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ok, just logged on, and i'm tired, but surely with all the interest in fantasy, adventure and magic that has been generated lately by Lotr and Harry Potter films you would think that companies would love anything that allows them to jump on the bandwagon.
and it would benefit the fans too, by giving us what we truly want.
and benefit todays kids, by giving them what they truly need......
Again, maybe it's because i'm tired but i don't really get how the new format works, can anybody explain this to me in real simple terms?
Cheers
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