The Demon Headmaster

Episode #3.6 - S3-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When the kids are deceiving the Demon Headmaster and leading him to the sports centre there is a shot of Harvey, Michael and Ian walking towards the camera and briefly the boom mic drops into shot above their heads slightly. (00:08:01)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.6 - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: When the kids are strategising Harvey takes a drink of water out of his glass leaving barely anything in it. A couple of shots later and his glass is almost half full somehow. (00:04:48)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When a group of the Chosen Ones approach the boy and girl in the woods (to ask them if they've seen Dinah) you can see the fluffy head of the boom mic moving around in the top right of the screen. (00:20:22)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Visible crew/equipment: After the Demon Headmaster has finished hypnotising his new recruits he gives them badges and says "Pin these on", when he says this the boom mic dips into frame slightly in the top centre of the screen. (00:19:38)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Professor Rowe drives away from the petrol station and Dinah looks out the window you can see a number of crew members, some equipment and their open van reflected on the side of her jeep. (00:18:57)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: Outside the facility, when Professor Rowe walks back to her jeep with Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey following behind her, you can see the boom mic pole and the legs of its operator reflected on the side of her jeep. (00:12:57)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Harvey tells Dinah and Lloyd that the army are re-opening the facility you can see the boom microphone dip into the shot for a couple of seconds in the top right hand corner of the screen. (00:02:21)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the episode, when the facility is being re-opened by the military, as the soldier gets back in the truck (after opening the gates) you can see the whole film crew reflected in the truck's wing mirror. (00:01:44)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Harvey and Ingrid go chasing after Dinah there is a shot where the camera is moving backwards along the floor (with the plant shoots moving towards the camera) and you can see the shadow of the camera cast on the floor in the bottom left corner of the screen. (00:09:24)

Jack Vaughan

Season 2 generally

Revealing mistake: Throughout Series 2 Eve's reptilian hand is a glove made out of rubber and you can tell whenever she bends her wrist and the "skin" twists and wrinkles. An obvious example of this is in Episode 6 when she has finished going through "Accelerated Learning" and removes the listening device, bending her wrist and the glove in the process.

Jack Vaughan

Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Visible crew/equipment: In the house when Dinah is asking Rose the location of the other children you can see a piece of equipment (probably the boom mic) reflected in the top of the window between them. (00:19:37)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #2.2 - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: At the end of the previous episode Lloyd opens the front door to the house and Rose turns around to reveal herself. At the beginning of this episode we see this same moment again, however Rose is facing forward the whole time. (00:01:07)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.6 - S1-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When the Demon Headmaster is travelling by helicopter to 10 Downing Street at one point there is a close-up shot of his face and you can see a square light screen reflected in his glasses. There's no excuse for this since he's supposed to be high in the air. (00:21:23)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.5 - S1-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When the automated forklift goes to place Harvey on a shelf the boom microphone drops briefly into the top of the shot above the kid's heads (just after Lloyd says "It thinks your a pack of spaghetti. It's putting you with the rest"). (00:15:34)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.5 - S1-E5

Revealing mistake: When the automated forklift picks up Harvey and places him on a shelf you can see the wires of the harness he is attached to coming from behind each of his shoulders. (00:15:28)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.5 - S1-E5

Revealing mistake: When the kids are climbing up the rubbish dump some waste food is dropped on them. There is a shot of Harvey as the food lands on him, and he accidentally hits the camera, shaking the shot. (00:03:16)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Dinah is admitted into the building she walks through a doorway into a dark room. If you watch when she passes through the door you can see a male crew member wearing a white T-shirt reflected in the metal that lines the doorway. (00:14:34)

Jack Vaughan

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When the assembly is dismissed and children are leaving the hall the camera moves to follow Dinah. As it does so the camera's shadow is cast on a couple of the students it passes. (00:23:12)

Jack Vaughan

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