Case study: special effects
How a dramatic Eastenders ending was created
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Nial Brown has worked as an editor on a variety of programmes, including Blue Peter, Sports Personality of the Year and Eastenders.
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He is a specialist in high-end digital effects and he explains the techniques he used to create a spectacular end shot for Eastenders.
Nial's job was to extend a huge crane shot of Albert Square to eventually reveal the whole of East London for the famous Eastenders end credits.
Several processes were used to achieve this and it involved careful planning, meticulous crane shooting and a painstaking 24 hours of work in the edit.
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