Videographer and editor here - it's possible (though unlikely) that this is just an innocent mistake. The footage for the English broadcast doesn't look purposely BADLY graded, it looks UNgraded.
Like yeah this COULD be an intentional colour shift to evoke a mood, and seeing as how it's a professional media organsation then it probably is, but it also COULD be that some idiot has just exported the English version without a LUT on it.
Yep also very possible - although for something like this it would probably be the same editor making all the versions and then just one of them was incorrectly exported.
That said, there are also differences in the actual content later in the piece, so fuck knows what's happening.
Weird how the Chinese channel posted their version 3 hours earlier than the English channel if the English channel had no extra work to do too. Ignore this comment.
Also worth noting that the English version actually has some actual editing in it too. They change a scene with the hairdresser where they talk about how they are looking forwards to opening another salon in 2021. It goes out of sync with the Chinese version at that point. This happens at roughly 8:40. I'm not sure what further scene editing might be past this point.
EDIT: I don't know exactly what the change is because I don't speak Chinese. But they don't both say the same thing if you pay attention to the audio on each.
They cut a scene out with the hairdresser where they talk about how they are looking forwards to opening another salon in 2021
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Between this and the CIA ties to the "Six Days in Fallujah" video game I'm going to go full CIAbrain and unironically blame everything bad in this world on five eyes intelligence.
Edited that, I don't know EXACTLY what they've changed so I adjusted the comment a bit. But something is sus. What is said in one video is not the same as what is said in the other video if you play the audio of each. Desync definitely happens at that point either way.
The question is why would you have two grading teams? Why would you employ people say in China to grade it then employ people in the UK to also grade it. It's duplicating work and very wasteful. Better to choose one, have them do it, then publish to your various language/region platforms. Also makes little sense for something that isn't time sensitive (e.g. breaking news) to rush through posting one without proper grading, then bother to take the time to fix it for a different bureau. I mean I can't say I've ever worked in that industry but it just doesn't make sense not to have a process that includes grading before anything non-live gets greenlit for airing. Specials like this especially you have the luxury of sitting in your editing box and tweaking it a bit, choosing different settings and picking what you want to go with.
Distortion by omission is still distortion and it is the favorite tactic of the western press because it allows plausible deniability.
I'm guessing they forgot the LUT. If this was strategic, it would have been graded a bit cooler like the BBC China version, with the outdoor/skyline/sun scenes with the warmer tones
Videographer and editor here - it's possible (though unlikely) that this is just an innocent mistake. The footage for the English broadcast doesn't look purposely BADLY graded, it looks UNgraded.
Like yeah this COULD be an intentional colour shift to evoke a mood, and seeing as how it's a professional media organsation then it probably is, but it also COULD be that some idiot has just exported the English version without a LUT on it.
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Yep also very possible - although for something like this it would probably be the same editor making all the versions and then just one of them was incorrectly exported.
That said, there are also differences in the actual content later in the piece, so fuck knows what's happening.
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Honestly that settles it then - the footage was shot in Log, one of the editors knew what they were doing and the other one didn't.
I'm gonna find more of these to prove a point. Then look for like Japanese or other language ones where they all clearly get the same version.
Weird how the Chinese channel posted their version 3 hours earlier than the English channel if the English channel had no extra work to do too.Ignore this comment.:thonk:
Also worth noting that the English version actually has some actual editing in it too. They change a scene with the hairdresser where they talk about how they are looking forwards to opening another salon in 2021. It goes out of sync with the Chinese version at that point. This happens at roughly 8:40. I'm not sure what further scene editing might be past this point.
EDIT: I don't know exactly what the change is because I don't speak Chinese. But they don't both say the same thing if you pay attention to the audio on each.
:soviet-hmm: :thonk: :bean-think:
Between this and the CIA ties to the "Six Days in Fallujah" video game I'm going to go full CIAbrain and unironically blame everything bad in this world on five eyes intelligence.
Edited that, I don't know EXACTLY what they've changed so I adjusted the comment a bit. But something is sus. What is said in one video is not the same as what is said in the other video if you play the audio of each. Desync definitely happens at that point either way.
BBC "journalism" is such an absolute joke
Fuck, actually I misread the dates. Ignore everything I said about dates and don't spread that part anywhere, there's a full month between them.
I read good.
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The question is why would you have two grading teams? Why would you employ people say in China to grade it then employ people in the UK to also grade it. It's duplicating work and very wasteful. Better to choose one, have them do it, then publish to your various language/region platforms. Also makes little sense for something that isn't time sensitive (e.g. breaking news) to rush through posting one without proper grading, then bother to take the time to fix it for a different bureau. I mean I can't say I've ever worked in that industry but it just doesn't make sense not to have a process that includes grading before anything non-live gets greenlit for airing. Specials like this especially you have the luxury of sitting in your editing box and tweaking it a bit, choosing different settings and picking what you want to go with.
Distortion by omission is still distortion and it is the favorite tactic of the western press because it allows plausible deniability.
I'm guessing they forgot the LUT. If this was strategic, it would have been graded a bit cooler like the BBC China version, with the outdoor/skyline/sun scenes with the warmer tones