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Great article. Can someone explain what was wrong with that _Friends_ screenshot? I can't tell.

i_am_proteus 10mo ago
There's a window-hole in what should be an exterior apartment wall facing a hallway. Right side of the screen.
swores 10mo ago
They never intended to show anything to the right of the doorframe on TV, so there's a random sign on the wall and a big hole in the wall (which makes sense if you are a camera crew wanting to film a sitcom in the apartment, that doesn't make so much sense in the fictional world that anyone would have a big rectangle cut out of the wall between their apartment and the hallway).
- dboreham 10mo ago
  The apartment was a bunch of 2x4s and plywood in the middle of a big sound stage building on the Warner lot in Burbank. It's still there afaik.
- onionisafruit 10mo ago
  The “five card charlie” sign is part of the set that’s supposed to be on camera, but the hole in the sheetrock obviously isn’t.
  - swores 10mo ago
    I might be wrong but I don't remember the original framing ever showing the sign, so I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that it was there ready for them to move in shot if they ever wanted it, but that as seen in this image it's not supposed to be on camera
    - joezydeco 10mo ago
      I distinctly remember the "5 card Charlie" sign from the original SDTV broadcast back in the day.
      - swores 10mo ago
        In that case your memory (or perhaps just attention to detail when watching) is better than mine, and I withdraw my previous belief! Thanks for the correction
  - convenwis 10mo ago
    I know you are right here but it is also true that many real New York apartments have crazy things like the hole in the sheetrock.
    - barbazoo 10mo ago
      Who doesn’t want a permanently open serving window between their apartment and the public hallway
piva00 10mo ago
There's a cut out on the wall for cameras on a different angle.
TechRemarker 10mo ago
haha. Take a look at the massive unfinished window into the hallway =).
albert_e 10mo ago
I think it is the open hole in the wall next to the door -- which no real apartment would have. I think that part was meant be cropped in the final frame, maybe?
meindnoch 10mo ago
New York apartments rarely have holes in their walls opening to the hallway.
abanana 10mo ago
This post explains it nicely, by showing the noticeboard they normally use to cover that camera hole (which looks like an unfinished window frame, missing its architrave): https://x.com/MattBaume/status/1661785600050233344 https://x.com/MattBaume/status/1661785600050233344

There's a window-hole in what should be an exterior apartment wall facing a hallway. Right side of the screen.

swores 10mo ago

They never intended to show anything to the right of the doorframe on TV, so there's a random sign on the wall and a big hole in the wall (which makes sense if you are a camera crew wanting to film a sitcom in the apartment, that doesn't make so much sense in the fictional world that anyone would have a big rectangle cut out of the wall between their apartment and the hallway).

dboreham 10mo ago
The apartment was a bunch of 2x4s and plywood in the middle of a big sound stage building on the Warner lot in Burbank. It's still there afaik.
onionisafruit 10mo ago
The “five card charlie” sign is part of the set that’s supposed to be on camera, but the hole in the sheetrock obviously isn’t.
- swores 10mo ago
  I might be wrong but I don't remember the original framing ever showing the sign, so I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that it was there ready for them to move in shot if they ever wanted it, but that as seen in this image it's not supposed to be on camera
  - joezydeco 10mo ago
    I distinctly remember the "5 card Charlie" sign from the original SDTV broadcast back in the day.
    - swores 10mo ago
      In that case your memory (or perhaps just attention to detail when watching) is better than mine, and I withdraw my previous belief! Thanks for the correction
- convenwis 10mo ago
  I know you are right here but it is also true that many real New York apartments have crazy things like the hole in the sheetrock.
  - barbazoo 10mo ago
    Who doesn’t want a permanently open serving window between their apartment and the public hallway

piva00 10mo ago

There's a cut out on the wall for cameras on a different angle.

TechRemarker 10mo ago

haha. Take a look at the massive unfinished window into the hallway =).

albert_e 10mo ago

I think it is the open hole in the wall next to the door -- which no real apartment would have. I think that part was meant be cropped in the final frame, maybe?

meindnoch 10mo ago

New York apartments rarely have holes in their walls opening to the hallway.

abanana 10mo ago

This post explains it nicely, by showing the noticeboard they normally use to cover that camera hole (which looks like an unfinished window frame, missing its architrave): https://x.com/MattBaume/status/1661785600050233344 https://x.com/MattBaume/status/1661785600050233344