Did You Notice?

[Brandon Collins]

Did anyone notice in an 1897 episode that the stiars in the Old House were missing from the set? I can't for the life of me remember what episode it was, but I do remember, I think, that Evan Hanley has the whole eye-hanging-out-on-his-face thing going on, and that Magda had locked him behind the door leading into the cellar. I swear it looks like the stairs aren't there in the set. Like they were on wheels or something and they had pulled them out and just the wall was there. I'm trying to find it myself but I've been having trouble with it so I was wondering if anyone else knew of it.

Also, recently when watching a episode on Set 15, I noticed that in the episode where [spoiler]Petofi gets his hand back and shows Barnabas the future, with David being hysterical and not making sense[/spoiler] and Julia is sitting in the drawing room reading a book, with all her make up on, that when Grayson returns in the same episode as Magda that she is still wearing all the makeup, and blue eye shadow. This struck me because you don't ever see that on Magda.

And I'm starting to get annoyed at everyone--Charity, Tim, etc etc--calling her Mugda. I always thought it was pronounced Magda. Like MAGgie, and MAGazine.

[MagnusTrask]

I am now imagining the caption picture with Evan standing there with his melted face in the foyer or whatever they called it, and I get the feeling there's a missing stairway, too.   Something buried far, far in the back of my mind bothered me about that photo, without coming close to consciousness.    An unexpected side effect of using the Hand, I guess.

[retzev]

An unexpected side effect of using the Hand, I guess.

 

[arashi]

I noticed that too, the staircase missing and you are absolutely right! I don't remember what episode either but I think it was more than one.

[Brandon Collins]

I think it is in Set 14. I really want to get a closer look at it but I was doing something else with DS playing in the background and just happened to catch it, and didn't think to stop it until I thought about it later. I hate to go back and look for it through all those episodes, but it really is killing me so I might just have to!

[BuzzH]

I hate to go back and look for it through all those episodes, but it really is killing me so I might just have to!

If you *do* go back and find the ep #, please let us know what it is as now you got me curious!  

[Angelique Wins]

Speaking  of "Did you notice," I was just watching DVD Volume 11, Disk 4.  This is an David/Amy in Quentin's room time period, Mrs. Findley and the buried alive phobia.  Several times in various episodes they show a shot of Collinwood that I wasn't quite familiar with where it's the tower and a short part of the builiding on the right hand side.  After hitting pause several times and squinting a few times, I realized that they had taken a shot of the tower and the left hand side of the usual shot of the house and just REVERSED it.

Freaked me out until I solved the mystery!  LOL!

Judy 

[Jackie]

I've just started watching the 1897 storyline and have viewed through to Ep. 705.  In Ep. 702, we see the staircase behind Barnabas and Magda in this picture.  I'll keep a lookout for "no staircase".

[Brandon Collins]

Good eye Angelique Wins! I didn't even notice in the first place lol! So I doubt if I had've noticed it that I ever would have figured out just what was so different about it.

And thanks DSBF! I hope that you find what I saw. Keep a close eye, as it's not too noticeable (I don't think) unless you're looking for it or are watching closely. I think I only noticed it when they were panning to and from Nicholas with his dangly eye on the other side of the cellar door. 

[arashi]

Boxset 14 disc 4 episode 766.

I just happened to be capping from this boxset to make new icons and there it was! Or wasn't I should say.


To see the capture:

Episode #0766

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[Lydia]

Gosh, what a wonderful picture!  Could you put it into Caption This!?  It's TEEMING with possibilities.

[MagnusTrask]

What's she doing in that scene just then, or saying?

[Lydia]

Wondering how she's going to get the vacuum cleaner up to the second floor.

[Brandon Collins]

"I guess when Baaaanabas said no playing on theee stairs, he really meeant it!"

Thank you so much arashi!!!! I knew I wasn't going insane! There it is, in all it's glory. The stairless-Old House. I wonder what happened to them that day. Any speculation?

One of my favorite things about watching Dark Shadows is the stray camera angles, like this one, where we catch more of the set and the surrounding area than we are supposed to. High shots that reveal the lights, shots too far to the right so that we catch the edge of another set in the picture also.

Looks to me like there is a little corridor back there behind where the stairs would be. Where does that lead? The dressing room? Make up? The can? Or perhaps THAT is where the characters always walk to when they say they are going to the study!

Looking at shots like these that reveal more than they are supposed to really let me put myself in the studio and try to find my way around. Unfortunately, not many of them are very good WIDE shots of everything else. I guess that's why the camera people kept their jobs lol.

Finally, speaking of "Did You Notice?"....

I'm watching the Leviathan storyline right now, and I noticed in one of the earliest episodes, I think it may be the one when Carolyn brings Julia to the antique shop for the first time, a stage hand is walking back and forth outside the shop, clearly seen through the window! lol

[Midnite]

Gosh, what a wonderful picture!  Could you put it into Caption This!?

Yes!, and done.

What's she doing in that scene just then, or saying?

I think she was pacing about, waiting for Barnabas to come through the cellar door.  She'll have some 'splainin' to do, and not just about Quentin.