How do they create those tunnel titles, the iconic openings that are so vital, using ripped polythene, with some fanciful screens, a fascinating reveal and recital.
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The Tunnel of the Time Lords...
Xstal21 June 2022
Very disappointing Doctor Who DVD documentary.
poolandrews13 October 2007
Warning: Spoilers
The Tunnel Effect is a 15 minute long documentary featured on the Doctor Who DVD of Robot (1975), Tom Baker's first story & focuses on how designer Bernard Lodge created the iconic opening sequence & the diamond Doctor Who logo.
To start Lodge gives a bit of background on himself & how he became a graphic designer at the BBC before he reveals the thought process & making of the titles for the William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton & Jon Pertwee eras which he also designed & created before he goes into more specific detail about the Tom Baker titles although half of the sequence was already created for the previous seasons Jon Pertwee opening titles.
Now, this could have been a great documentary as it features the man himself, his thoughts on the sequence, the original elements used & how he did it. Unfortunately that's precisely where The Tunnel Effect disappoints, Lodge obviously knows what he is talking about after over half a century as a graphic designer & he is just far too technical. I don't consider myself stupid but this just totally lost me, the way he uses words & terms which anyone who doesn't have a background in either film or graphic design will find very hard to understand & follow. Lodge talks like he assumes everyone will automatically know & understand the terms he uses which, again call me stupid if you want, I simply didn't. All I could really gather is that the title sequence was made using ripped up polythene bags!
The Tunnel Effect is probably the weakest documentary featured on the brilliant range of classic Doctor Who DVD's, it's not the makers fault it's Lodge's. I'm sorry but I just didn't understand it at all & I've seen it twice now, a really wasted opportunity & compared to how Sid Sutton talks on Synthesizing Starfields when he discussed the star-field title sequence which would eventually replace Lodge's tunnel you can see why I feel that way.
To start Lodge gives a bit of background on himself & how he became a graphic designer at the BBC before he reveals the thought process & making of the titles for the William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton & Jon Pertwee eras which he also designed & created before he goes into more specific detail about the Tom Baker titles although half of the sequence was already created for the previous seasons Jon Pertwee opening titles.
Now, this could have been a great documentary as it features the man himself, his thoughts on the sequence, the original elements used & how he did it. Unfortunately that's precisely where The Tunnel Effect disappoints, Lodge obviously knows what he is talking about after over half a century as a graphic designer & he is just far too technical. I don't consider myself stupid but this just totally lost me, the way he uses words & terms which anyone who doesn't have a background in either film or graphic design will find very hard to understand & follow. Lodge talks like he assumes everyone will automatically know & understand the terms he uses which, again call me stupid if you want, I simply didn't. All I could really gather is that the title sequence was made using ripped up polythene bags!
The Tunnel Effect is probably the weakest documentary featured on the brilliant range of classic Doctor Who DVD's, it's not the makers fault it's Lodge's. I'm sorry but I just didn't understand it at all & I've seen it twice now, a really wasted opportunity & compared to how Sid Sutton talks on Synthesizing Starfields when he discussed the star-field title sequence which would eventually replace Lodge's tunnel you can see why I feel that way.
Title Sequence
rnnbleasdale686 July 2008
This documentary was simply wonderful. A huge improvement on the last "Title Sequence" documentary, he we are presented with a chap called Bernard Lodge whose career is talked about briefly and then we get on with the meat of this short feature. We get an actual demonstration of how the title sequence is achieved which lets face it is the only way this could be done to make laymen like myself understand it. Lovely graphics here with an interesting story well told. We need this demonstration to really understand how these complex title sequences of yester-year were created. I actually hope there is a doc on each of Lodge's title sequences as he came across here as interesting and compelling. Well done to the producer Brendan Sheppard here who really made this once dull topic new modern and fresh!
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