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thrdbndndntoday at 12:40 PM7 repliesview on HN

Great article.

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


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sworestoday at 12:43 PM

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).

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abananatoday at 1:41 PM

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

i_am_proteustoday at 12:41 PM

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

meindnochtoday at 1:06 PM

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

TechRemarkertoday at 12:44 PM

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

albert_etoday at 12:49 PM

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?

piva00today at 12:43 PM

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