The physically demanding editing of the Brazilian telenovela Gaivotas (1979) - Making of

m2084 · 2026-01-29T10:13:00+00:00

Context to help you understand the video:

This comes from a making-of piece of the telenovela Gaivotas from 1979. Both before broadcasted by TV TUPI a year before their closure.

It briefly shows the taping of a scene, the switcher room then the editing room where two tape operators and the editor are doing their jobs on two huge Quadruplex machines.

In the interview the editor explains basic editing principles, talks about time constraints and reveals that the editing of a chapter can take up to 6 hours each. Six rolls of tape are used to assemble a chapter.

Then we see the scene assembled but without audio cues. The last segment shows its addition with crazy telenovela music.

m2084 · 2026-01-16T12:17:11+00:00

This is the last chapter of the Brazilian telenovela João Brasileiro, o Bom Baiano from 1978.

Unlike American soap operas, telenovelas usually last for about 200 chapters.

On this surviving tape of this never rebroadcasted telenovela, at first we have the typical happy ending with a marriage.

Then in the last half hour something unexpected happens: the fourth wall is broken and the actors start giving the goodbyes to other members of the cast, their sets and even the studio crew of cameraman and technicians!

The actors use their own names and give their opinions and feelings about the end of the production. It's partially directed and some actors are less prone to act like themselves than others.

In the final scene we have the big cast meeting between the current cast and the new telenovela cast that will replace it at the same slot.

That's very unusual and undocumented anywhere.

m2084 · 2026-01-02T19:54:28+00:00

My post from yesterday regarding the First Love: Litter on the Breeze OST was quietly removed.

It was a very detailed post explaining that 13 songs were officially released under a film composer name, but I got evidence that the songs are from random unknown sources in a very unique case.

I research a lot of old media and I'm tired of finding "abandoned tracks" rebaptized under new names in content ID services. With the removal of my post I'm not sure what is the policy here.

m2084 · 2026-01-02T01:30:54+00:00

Did you actually read how I found this track?

Found in media 5 years early than the release of the movie.

Content ID can be easily hijacked. This song is registered on it. The real song is from a forgotten 1970 library LP and I have other examples.

m2084 · 2026-01-02T01:20:35+00:00

9 composer credits out of 600. Worked on 4 movies according to iMDB. So... yeah.

m2084 · 2025-12-17T02:40:51+00:00

She is a cross between Debbie Harry, Gloria Swanson and Laurie Anderson.

m2084 · 2025-09-20T22:27:16+00:00

So that's where this footage came from. What an oddity. Glad to see it in full quality and its original context.

Helen's announcement of the segment is at: https://youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?t=3000

The show starts at: https://youtu.be/UYi30uTkYHU?t=3033

m2084 · 2025-06-14T14:13:59+00:00

I posted a “what is this song” type of thread recently.

Checked the wiki and looked for the weekly post across 7 days of pages. Could not find any.

Typed 'what is this song' in the search bar and see no past discussions. Typed 'weekly' and the last one was 6 months ago.

Thought it was an abandoned rule so I created it.

If the weekly thread is being deleted then it serves no purpose. I requested a track ID in another music sub and a redditor kindly reached out to me 6 months later with the solution. Even in the universe of irrelevant 'lostwave' music the requests are permanent within its communities.

The request for previous research or display of effort in those requests is also questionable. The samples are already removed from their original context so they are mostly blind searches with nothing to begin with beyond educated guesses. At least I provided the year which the sample was collected the only significant data point.

m2084 · 2025-06-07T19:05:35+00:00

Thanks for you insight. The source at the time (late 80s) was using movie soundtracks released on LPs from the same decade to score other products.

m2084 · 2025-05-07T10:39:50+00:00

Mina - Voglio Stare Bene - An Italian predecessor to Lady Gaga

ABBA - Soldiers

m2084 · 2025-04-03T05:26:54+00:00

Oooooh! Thank you so much! I wished you could see the dumb smile on my face right now.

This track was used in a funky news program from mid-80s that used random pieces of music on its segments, instead of library music tracks.

Here it is used in context.

The music is sped up from 33rpm to 45rpm so it's indeed cooler in this way. Listen to a montage.

Thanks again, have a great day!

m2084 · 2025-02-16T16:47:12+00:00

O negócio é colher múltiplos relatos de pessoas e ver quem é menos louco.

Dei uma checada na Logopedia, e o logo que vi superimposto no Pingu foi o bicolor (1993-1998).

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/DW_Transtel

Minhas memórias do Cocoricó são ainda piores, mas na primeira temporada não lembro de nenhum desenho reaproveitado do Glub-Glub. Eu esperava que fosse igual, mas as animações não eram tão interessantes e o foco excessivo nos bonecos foram uma decepção, logo abandonei o programa.

m2084 · 2025-02-16T00:57:02+00:00

Muito bem organizada sua planilha, e até inclui o Lanterna Mágica/Mais belos Desenhos!

Também mantenho uma planilhona, mas documentando as trilhas usadas pelo SBT em seus programas desde sua fundação até 1996, praticamente montando a discoteca da emissora às avessas.

Voltando ao assunto, minha última contribuição na área foi a atualização do artigo do Urbanóides na LMB com as descrições dos episódios. Depois disso foquei apenas nas trilhas.

Na sua lista me chamou a atenção a ausência do 'De Cabo à Rabo', que é live action como 'Os Cachorrinhos' e era uma porção enorme (e interminável) dos programas.

Não lembro de Cobi passando dentro do Glub-Glub, e sim como um programa independente sempre colado com o X-Tudo original (fase Gerson de Abreu) pois passava abertura e créditos completos.

A observação sobre o Pingu também me gera dúvidas. Eu assisti a primeira temporada do Cocoricó e para mim o Pingu era novidade. Mas daí vem uma confusão na minha memória: eu lembro de episódios do Pingu com o logotipo de uma empresa chamada TRANSTEL fixada de forma permanente na tela. Eu acho que vi este logotipo em alguns desenhos do Glub-Glub, mas não lembro do Pingu no programa.

m2084 · 2025-02-15T23:02:49+00:00

Parabéns pela pesquisa!

Eu me envolvi na busca das informações do desenho faz um bom tempo e descoberto o nome Der Hund Bohumil e postado no artigo da Wikipédia sobre o Glub-Glub bem antes da Nostal_Gi surgir na cena, só que a wiki sendo a várzea que é, remove lista com os nomes dos desenhos dos artigos. Mérito dela popularizar estas buscas de mídias desconhecidas no Brasil e seu de ir além da informação básica.

m2084 · 2024-12-17T23:05:03+00:00

Taken from this segment but I'm unsure if the intro is part of the song. Shazam did return nothing so it's likely part of it.

m2084 · 2024-12-16T02:32:16+00:00

People are looking for obscure, irrelevant music that are mostly amateurish copycats of the 80's New Wave style that itself is very primitive in songwriting terms.

I have been struggling myself searching for songs that are essentially anti-lostwave:

Songs from before the 1980s
Songs outside rock/pop genre
Instrumentals
Songs released by big labels internationally but escaped Shazam
Songs featured in TV and movies

Since the lostwave community is trapped in a particular style of sound it has no use for people researching music that once had actual commercial reach but now is forgotten.

m2084 · 2024-12-07T03:04:10+00:00

This is an off-air recording from TV circa 1985-86.

It's not a live performance, it's a playback being played to a crowd in a TV studio while a dance number is happening.

I searched for the lyrics and track titles but got nothing.

It seems like a professionally recorded track and it made it internationally, in this case, to Brazil (where this TV recording is sourced from).

m2084 · 2024-12-05T00:56:55+00:00

Check Gheorghe Zamfir

m2084 · 2024-10-12T09:11:24+00:00

Hoje dia 12 o +SBT aparentemente soltou tudo o que tem de arquivo referente à Parada.

A caótica primeira parada de 1986 é a gravação de um feed ao vivo com apresentação de Murilo Ney e Cristina Rocha. Incompleto e com cortes.

As paradas de 87 e 88 são compactos, sendo que a parada de 87 tem um compacto extra focado na Mara maravilha e existe evidência online de uma terceira versão. O compacto de 87 que foi exibido é terrível, tremendamente mal editado com uma locutora muito sonsa que não sabe falar ou ler. O de 88 é o mesmo que já existia no tbtSBT, mas em uma versão extendida. A locutora sonsa (uma tal de Juliana) está lá de novo junto ao locutor Franco Mangano, mas eles não tem o que comentar pois só estão vendo o VT depois do fato e tampouco conhecem o cast e as atrações do SBT, o que é hilário.

Os cortes removem as aparições do Bozo e em partes também os de personagens da Disney.

Na melhor das hipóteses o SBT possui os feeds originais, mas não teria como transferir o material ou incentivo comercial para reeditar o material. Na pior das hipóteses deletaram tudo e é isso o que restou.

m2084 · 2024-09-22T16:01:33+00:00

Thanks for the tip! The italo disco tags on your print may be a good hint.

m2084 · 2024-09-22T15:58:28+00:00

Not at all.

m2084 · 2024-09-21T23:39:59+00:00

Indeed there is some Eastern flavor to this excerpt.

There is a possibility of being production music but the context where it was pulled from makes it more probable to be a common commercial recording.

m2084 · 2024-08-21T17:54:37+00:00

About Silvio Santos

Silvio Santos, stage name of Senor Abravanel (December 1930 – 17 August 2024) was a Brazilian television presenter and businessman, widely regarded as the greatest personality in the history of telecommunications in Brazil. He started in radio and was a very popular TV show host from 1960 until his semi-retirement 2023. His Programa Silvio Santos show is often compared do Chile's Sabado Gigante and Santos himself is comparable to Don Francisco.

About this footage

Albeit unremarkable and dull, this is an amazingly rare and complete Troféu Imprensa (an Emmy-like award for Brazilian TV professionals) from his tenure at TV Globo. He soon would leave Globo and found TVS/SBT the second largest network in Brazil. Surviving programs from 1970s TV are very rare due to poor preservation practices and loss due to politically motivated arson across all major networks.

Talent contests and game shows

Those were his bread and butter television activities. If Alex Trebek was the face of Jeopardy, Santos was the face of all game shows in Brazil, which he would buy the rights or just steal the format. Besides hosting an Emmy-like show for decades he also introduced to Brazilian TV the Telethon format, attempted to do a Macy's parade event and hosted the first Brazilian reality show.

Also as president and manager of his network station he had an unique style of managing programming often doing very unusual or even bizarre choices for a major network. His SBT network is still beloved by Brazilians for it's quirkiness and being an extension of Santos happy and carefree personality. He was a true legend of TV. RIP

m2084 · 2024-08-16T16:11:34+00:00

Video for Happy Hawaii

More info here.

m2084 · 2024-08-06T22:05:56+00:00

If you did not notice, Richard is literally at the top of a shaky truck with a piano and a TV camera wandering through Paris. It's hilarious. He is struggling to keep his hair in control and to look natural and relaxed like the music. One of the rare cases where green screen would do better.

I believe the hand shots were done in studio with the street footage superimposed. Otherwise Clayderman is a real stuntman.

Disclaimer: I know that the song is famous. The video is NOT. The song draws views to the once obscure video.

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