Here's How "Hogan's Heroes" TRICKED You Every Time YOU Watched the Show!

Here's How "Hogan's Heroes" TRICKED You Every Time YOU Watched the Show!
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[@lauriemclean1131]

Hogan's Heroes is definitely one of my all-time favorite TV shows. It is sad that nothing of this quality is being done today.

[@truthseeker9454]

While not a comedy, I find the writing for The Chosen to be of outstanding quality, and a number of the lines have made me laugh out loud.

[@rager1969]

Yes, though I never noticed the shadows, I would notice the extraordinary amount of "moonlight".

[@outsider238]

It's called "Day For Night" filming. Another giveaway is the bright sunlight reflections on surfaces and the actors squinting their eyes in the bright sunlight. You don't squint at night! 😂 They use a lot of that in the old westerns.

[@larrydickman6016]

Wait till you get to be my age. You'll be squinting ALL the time. 🥸

[@_dvarapala]

Yup - Nothing unique to Hogan's Heroes in the technique.

[@troubleman730]

Hi Rick, As an actor I know a lot of behind the scenes tricks that directors use. But I still love your informative videos, here is something that you might have missed in every outside night shot on Hogans Heroes, you will hear crickets chirping the ironic part is, this show only takes place in winter. Lol no crickets

[@michaelskinner8296]

As a lifelong fan of the show, I never knew that trick existed for the night scenes. I recall seeing the shadows in some episodes but never thought about it being daytime. Thanks again for the video explanation. Much appreciated.

[@idx1941]

it makes sense and also explains why everything night scene looked like the brightest full moon ever.

[@saifonlawrence2044]

I really dig that far out show man

[@philiphatfield5666]

As a child who grew up watching a lot of television in the 1960's, I loved this show-----but I grew up. I often wondered why some of my uncles shunned this show, but as I got older I learned the reason why. These men had all joined the military shortly after the December 7th attack, and despite their desire to fight Japan, they got sent to Germany instead. Uncle Willard drove a tank and he spent five years overseas and when asked why he didn't watch "Hogan's Heroes", he simply said, "I don't find anything that the Germans did during the time I was there the least bit funny----not funny at all". We never asked him about it again.

[@rogerdee.926]

I met a fellow whose parents had been in the French Resistance who would say "there was one thing the Germans were not, and that was stupid," so shows like Allo Allo and Hogans Heroes they despised.

[@bobpourri9647]

Your WWII family members could take solace in the fact that the actors Klemperer (Klink) and Banner (Schultz) were of Jewish extraction, and found the roles as revenge of sorts. Banner actually lost family in the Holocaust. Klemperer agreed to take on the part of Klink only if Klink always looked the fool. Quote: "I had one qualification when I took the job: if they ever wrote a segment whereby Colonel Klink would come out the hero, I would leave the show."

[@idx1941]

My father was in WW 2 right from the beginning, 1939. He enjoyed the show and found it very funny.

[@Fontdalprofundo]

Robert Clary (LeBeau) was among those liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp. The people who made Hogan's Heroes were not unaware of what the Third Reich was really like.

[@bobf9749]

I don’t think German people are stupid, but I think Werner Klemperer’s and John Banner’s characters were human types which are universal. I’ve always felt they humanized the German people while other semi-regular characters were reminders of the menace and the atrocities below the surface. The periodic appearance of the Gestapo officer Colonel Hochstetter was a reminder of the maniacal nature of Nazism.

[@SusanSloate]

'Day for night' film effects have been around for decades, and Francois Truffaut even made a movie called DAY FOR NIGHT in 1973. You may have forgotten to mention the most likely reason these day for night shots were done in HOGAN'S HEROES: If they'd waited to shoot till night, the union costs like overtime would have run way beyond the series' budget. They needed to spend their weekdays rehearsing and filming and get it done before they actually ran into overtime. Otherwise, it probably wouldn't have been practical to do the series at all. Thanks for the video!

[@stevenyarnell]

You know, I never knew they did that kind of ''trick photography''! I seriously thought that they filmed at night. Really makes ya appreciate their creativity! Thank you, sir, for another good video!

[@kevinmiller6380]

stevenyarnell-You're not the only one who thought some TV shows were actually filmed outside at night.

[@tryithere]

It’s rather obvious that they filmed during the day. There were plenty of heavy shadows and they could see in the woods usually without flashlights but the biggest clue was the sky was quite blue at night. The real question is why does Klink salute Shultz first in every episode instead of other way around in the opening sequence.

[@tryithere]

It’s also not actually winter even though there was always snow on the ground and ice on the windows. There was even ice on the windows in the DDay episode which was in June.

[@lauriemclean1131]

And here I thought those shadows were caused by bright moonlight. 🤔😉🤣

[@Jared_Wignall]

I always love hearing what techniques are used for certain shows or films. It makes me appreciate the shows and films even more. Thank you for the video Rick, keep up the great work. Take care!

[@tigerman3]

LOVE this show! Just started watching my Hogan's Heroes Season 4 DVD's.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Hi Rick, I actually knew about the filter trick to make it appear to be nighttime!!! Whenever I'm watching a night scene I always look for shadows!!! Thanks for sharing another fascinating video!!! 👍👍🙂

[@douglas_drew]

I knew about the use of filters, but never gave a second thought to the shadows. As kids on the farm in the fifties and sixties, bright moonlights always produced vivid shadows, and one of my most memorable Holloweens around 1960 had such a brilliant moon that we could see the wild animals' (mostly deer and racoons) shadows as they scurried away from us. Even last night I took a walk around our pond around 1am without any lights to enjoy the Harvest Moon, and the shadows were beautiful. Of course, filming on the studio lot is much different than my childhood farms or our very rural house in the woods by the pond, so thanks for the video and filming insight.

[@Subgunman]

It’s a pity most if not all of these actors are now gone. May they Rest In Peace knowing they brought laughter into our lives so many years ago.

[@NINrod_M]

I really enjoy your videos. It’s nice to look back on the greatest eras of television.

[@chance6298]

Absolutely 💯

[@fjg2896]

I still enjoy watching the reruns over and over again. I have the lines memorized!

[@user-nk2li5cg5h]

ANOTHER expertly delivered "Behind the scenes" video.

[@billharris6886]

Actually, filters were not used for night time scenes, the camera lens was just stopped down to reduce lightning coming into the camera. Set lighting was also adjusted accordingly to further enhance the night time appearance. If you look closely at the flashlights the Heros used, most of the time they were fitted with a 60W PAR20 spot lamp because, even the brightest flashlight bulbs available at the time appeared extremely dim on camera due to the F-stop they used for the night time scenes.

[@KutWrite]

They rarely stop down the cameras. Why? because that increases the depth of field so that more of the background, which should be blurred, into focus. This technique is called "Day for Night." There was even a movie so titled, about deceptions among people. Hand-held flashlights rarely provide the "spot" you see when the actor points it at something. An off-camera spot is aimed where the light should go. This way, the item being spotted has a known amount of light and won't be over or under-exposed.

[@billharris6886]

@@KutWrite Thanks for your input!

[@bajikimran2304]

I already knew about the night filters. In the scenes in Hogan's Heroes where you see snow on the ground, the snow is actually soap powder.

[@ricknineg]

They used salt

[@sallyn2393]

I have always wondered about that. It also looks like everything is wet, like it’s raining. Thanks for the explanation. 👍👍👍

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@sallyn2393 Makes you wonder what other shows used this technique. 🤗📷🤔🕵

[@TerryComo2010]

I read this about many MANNIX episodes about 30 years ago! Good eyes you have Rick!

[@ddavenpAZ]

I knew about this day for night filming technique before but the way you discussed it in the video today, was very clear and even more interesting to hear. Great job! And I did notice in a few of the day for night still photos you used, one could still see the puffy white clouds in the sky. Obviously these clouds aren’t that visibly puffy white at night. So that would also be a clue to the film technique used. And YES! More behind the scenes videos on filming techniques, scripts, props, etc. I watch every aspect of a show, and every thing that goes into the show as a whole, to me, is so fascinating, each with a story of its own.

[@BigSkippy1263]

I'm the same way!!I learned about continuity years ago at Universal Studios and became obsessed with finding mistakes in shows and movies.

[@timtmt522]

Rick with your wealth of knowledge and very very keen eye for detail you should be working for the studios you would be a treasure.

[@mikegeorge5354]

It can also be called a neutral density filter

[@RayKnutson]

I did wonder why so many night scenes were shot under a full moon.That was the only explanation that occurred to me for the shadows in the night scenes. Thanks for that information.

[@Freakinreviews]

Great topic, Rick! I first saw this trick back in the 80s when I hung out with a filmmaker friend and ever since, I've always looked for it in old shows - like you said, keeping an eye on the shadows. Andy Griffith's "night" scenes employed this trick often. On an unrelated note, have you ever considered adding the show Taxi to your arsenal? That's my favorite show of all time!

[@johnwilson1489]

I love Hogan's Heroes. I've known for a while about the day time filming of the night scene shots. Keep up the great work, I really enjoy your explanation of many wonderful shows

[@CyndisKrist]

Excellent point, Rick. Another trick is "forced perspective" where miniatures are used to create the illusion of distance.

[@kathymitchell4195]

I didn't know this! Now I'll watch the show to try to find the shadows. Thanks.

[@Tim-57]

Hey Rick Appreciate you very much. To me (once you mentioned the shadows and such) it looked like the guys were squinting, as they would with the sunlight. Take care of Yourself 😊

[@macdaniel6029]

This show is one of my alltime favorites. You can see movie tricks like this used in almost every movie or show up into the 80s. It adds a lot to the charme of that era, if you would do this today using CGI it would just look bad like everything does today.

[@vozpit]

This is called shooting day for night. Unfortunately, like you said, it's very noticeable. Another show that did this a lot was Mission: Impossible.

[@wambam9062]

Loved how it was always winter with snow on the ground, even on D-Day.

[@channelview8854]

I've seen shadows at nite hundreds of times in the countryside when there is a full moon. But anyway, thanks for the video. I love Hogan's Heroes and never miss an episode on ME TV. I don't know that the writing is so great, but the characters are so likeable is the reason I love the show.

[@ricknineg]

Remember this was filmed in LA. Of course the moon cast shadows but never as strong as the sun which is seen on camera. Thank you for watching

[@kurtb8474]

We knew that they shot most night scenes during the day back then. It was obvious. We figured they just irised down the lens to darken the shadows. They also shot night scenes in the studio. Shooting in the studio was more convenient because then they could have more control over the lighting, sound, etc.

[@redcloak63]

Another sign that a scene was shot "day for night" is that the sky is still blue. The sky at night has no color and appears black; even during long exposures.

[@LibArtie]

Rick, I was never fooled by these night scenes, not even as a child. I think the effect fails miserably. Shadows and blue skies are just part of the problem.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I kinda assumed it was twilight. I agree it never looks like true nighttime

[@fuyu5979]

Cool upload giving us the tricks of the trade. Wondered about it cause some scenes in various TV shows had those same types of shadows in night scenes too. Enjoyed Hogan and watched it on its original broadcast. Still watch it on MeTV. Kudos. Looking forward to many more uploads. Peace

[@calebowens693]

Hogan's Heroes has lots of good memories. My late wife and I really enjoyed watching it together. It's been years since she passed and it's doubtful that I would watch it again. Still, good memories.

[@mrmicro22]

Thank God for our memories. Glad you have yours.

[@jeffreywebb2692]

Love this channel. Hogan’s was one of the best.

[@sixstanger00]

2:35 - Also, the truck's headlights are on, but are barely visible. Incidentally, the main reason "night scenes" had to be shot during the day was because cameras of the period were not good in low-light conditions. Film stock was expensive, so you couldn't really shoot, reshoot, reshoot, reshoot until you got the lighting dark enough to look "nighttime," but light enough for the cam to detect. The "filter" was used during the 50s in B&W westerns, and was carried over into color telly. It was used in some western films, but most major theatrical films like _The Great Escape_ shot their night scenes at night.

[@falcon664]

2:33 I haven't paid attention to the shadows, but I did notice the sky would not appear bright blue at night. That stands out.

[@sportsygirl8]

There were some shows that used that filter, but you could still tell they filmed during the day with Hogan's Heroes that was rare.

[@randelbrooks]

Technical information is always great. Also take close-up shots were done on stage where they were lit for night.

[@robertrhodessr3664]

Thank you for illuminating this seemingly insignificant fact that as a kid watching Hogan (& Batman) I never thought about and just accepted the appearance of the settings for what they seemed. How interesting to see the simple ways they addressed the issues that worked to appear real. Thank you for another well done and interesting fact of what went on behind the scenes.

[@wildforthecats661]

I notice this for sure when watching my favorite show The Wild Wild West.

[@dondunco2538]

This series came out in the 70s not the 60s. Still, I learned of the existence of night filters. Thanks.

[@BlatantSockPuppet]

An even better tip-off that something was filmed during the day but “filtered” to look like it was shot at night is the sky. A blue sky and/or white clouds are clues to how a scene was shot.

[@schweinhund7966]

A full moon can cast shadows, especially on snow covered ground.

[@ricknineg]

It’s not real snow, a real night shoot and the moon doesn’t cast dark shadows like that

[@lscene3968]

Looking forward to seeing some spooky content for Halloween vids !

[@chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505]

How bout that. I’ll have to remember that next time I watch a night scene. 🧐

[@timkis64]

i often noticed on other shows how you could see the branches of trees on hills in the background, in the dark.& it dont work in my part of the woods.all you can see is outlines of the trees against the sky.

[@BikerDash]

My day is not complete if I have not learned any new (to me) knowledge. With this video, I have learned something I did not know beforehand, and I learned this at just past 9 AM. Today is going to be a good day for me. Thank you.

[@ricknineg]

Happy to help!

[@MsBackstager]

Rick, TY for the tricky treat.

[@keithw7542]

Wouldn't a fullmoon also create shadows?

[@williamkidney6031]

I always wondered if colonel klink had trouble keeping that glass in his eye lol

[@k.b.tidwell]

When I was a kid I used to pretend I had a monocle using a checker or something similar. It's actually not hard at all to keep it in without a struggle. If the item is a "little bit" bigger in diameter so that you sort of have to pick up your brow or pull down your cheek to place it, then it will stay there til doomsday and not fall out. Nowadays I use those jeweler's loupes for working on my electronics (the ol' eyesight isn't what it used to be) so I guess all that silly boyhood playing around taught me something valuable lol.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Been watching Hogan's Heroes since about 1977 and I did not know this about the night scenes.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

You could also tell it's a night filter because of the sky. It's something we always knew back then, but we didn't mind.

[@jennifergarrett6809]

Several shows called that day for night shooting. My mother told me about it when I mentioned a show we were watching looked strange. It would definitely make it easier to hit your mark. If you could see it.

[@CitiesTurnedToDust]

In the old days, night time shooting was very, very rough. So many "nighttime" scenes in the shows from before the 1980s or so are pretty embarrasing.

[@leegillow3475]

Thank you! interesting content, excellent story development (all in 4 1/2 minutes), my fav show of my youth.

[@artcarney-fq8pg]

I remember the first episode, I was sitting in the kitchen with a cold / fly with a heater at my feet when the drums came on. It got my interested.

[@JohnK75136]

Another clue to spot this technique is the brightness of the sky in comparison to the ground and other background elements. Scenes that are truly shot at night will have a fully dark sky.

[@figmo397]

The term for this is "day for night" shooting. "Hogan's Heroes" was my maternal grandfather's favorite TV show. What made me appreciate the show even more was learning that the Nazis were all played by Jews who were affected by the Holocaust.

[@dragonweyr44]

I noticed the shadows right away

[@nomenclature9373]

Knew this technique from college television production in the early 80s. An ad production company I worked with back in the day used one. Assistant camera op took it away from the lens to reveal some new strip mall grand opening. Looked like a soft edge half moon video wipe transition from "night" to day.

[@erictaylor5462]

you can have shadows at night, but there needs to be a nearly full moon and low humidity. Humidity does a lot to reduce visibility.

[@Paul71H]

3:03 - It actually doesn't look like night when you apply that filter, because we wouldn't perceive those balloons as having such vibrant colors at night. But for the rest of the image, it works. Very interesting video though. This was my favorite show to watch in reruns after school when I was young, and I never thought about how they shot the night scenes.

[@klingoncowboy4]

This is very common and once you start looking for it you can't help but notice

[@mikegrappone9078]

Awesome video. Thanks for creating!

[@stephenwarhurst6615]

They also add the back ground sound of crickets and owls to trick you along with using the night camera lens

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Night 4 day is used a lot.disneyland tv series was shot like this.😊

[@PaulTesta]

Thanks for a fun video!

[@cee8mee]

There's a difference between the way local light shines on objects versus sunlight. With a spotlight or close light, the shadow angles change dramatically, while distant light from the sun shows no visibly discernable change in shadow angles with subject movement. Moonlight is harder to discern from filtered sunlight than from close lights. I'm sure there must be subtle cues I'm unaware of.

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

"Shooting day for night." A very common technique in classic western series.

[@jlomesou]

The heavy shadowing in the night shots seemed like bright moonlight.

[@ricknineg]

Many think that but no, untrue

[@elsfane]

At the time, I often wondered the night time scenes had shadows. I never thought of filters.

[@ricknineg]

Really cool right?

[@bearcb]

It’s called Day for Night, there’s even a classic movie with that name by François Truffault. The movie is about making a movie, so there you go. Excellent, by the way.

[@chadportenga7858]

2:23 another tell tale is if the actors are squinting. Very few people squint in the dark because it makes it harder, not easier to see in low light conditions. This actor appears to be squinting, presumably due to the bright daylight.

[@kenlompart9905]

Interesting, I'm always going to be looking for shadows in night scenes on older TV shows from now on but I'm sure with more recent shows it will have been done with computers like you did with all shadows removed.

[@marlenepearson3936]

I didn't know this Rick! Thanks 😊

[@AcmeRacing]

The Waltons also shot night scenes in daylight. I had noticed the shadows years ago, and thought it looked a bit cheesy.

[@warp00009]

Yeah, Hogan's Heroes was such a great show - can't believe that all those wonderful actors are all gone now! Perry Mason also seems to have used this night filtering technique, which was probably pretty common back then. Still not easy to do, to get the dark/light balance just right with old, chemical film! Keep up the good work!

[@JRZEKE99]

Good stuff!!!! Would never have known or thought that!!!!!

[@richshealer3755]

I've often wondered if this was true. Watching old westerns and seeing the definitive shadows was puzzling to me. Thanks!\ for the confirmation.

[@AmatureAstronomer]

I did notice as a child that many in night scenes, the sky was dark blue. I thought that odd.

[@bobb6313]

Great still shot of Harvey Keitel in his first role!

[@debtompkins5363]

the sad thing is the reruns cut a lot of the best character stuff to add more commercials

[@ls-ut1sy]

One thing I like about this show is I can watch the same episode over and over and enjoy it each time. Spin City is like that as well. Compare that to Seinfeld, where that is not even close to the truth. I like short videos. The shorter the better. I'll avoid videos longer than 7-8 minutes or take time to finish them and often give up half-way through.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

I have a friend who watches Seinfeld every single day

[@jetsamperes5762]

There's a specific production term for it and it should appear in the script; its called Shoot Day for Night.

[@OverlandOne]

I watched this show when it came out and my school chums and I loved it.

[@randyc5650]

A full moon casts sharp shadows but daytime shots with filters is the way to go. I don't think the directors would wait for cloudless full moons.

[@cochinero547]

And, it was always winter at Stalag 13 I read

[@bobbylee2853]

But everyone had a suntan.😅

[@kingforaday8725]

loved the show. My friend Tony and I would see the German military equipment and critique how inaccurate they could be. We were big into scale models.

[@DocZoidberg549]

I have all six seasons on DVD. I used to watch it with Grandmother. I always think of Her when I watch it.

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Gotta add...Truffaut made an entire movie called "Day For Night" about the art of filmmaking and the fantasy and the practical methods that achieved this. (Maybe it was Fellini, but I'm pretty sure it was Truffaut. If you don't know who he is, think of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" where he played the French UFO expert that questioned Richard Dreyfuss about his dreams.)

[@johnlacey3857]

This was common for all TV shows in the 60s and 70s, not just Hogans Heroes.

[@donaldmiller9130]

Different series; same effect: I took a shortcut drive through an old winery area near Ontario Airport in California in the early 1970s. A crew from Hollywood was shooting a location sequence for the "Mannix" B/W TV series in the adjacent vineyard. I stopped and walked over. They had large (out-of-focus) dark nets set well behind the actors to darken the background areas, bright front lights to "moonlight" the foreground actors, and had substituted airplane landing lights in place of standard vehicle headlights for a realistic look in the deliberately underexposed footage. Good series; well photographed and directed with plenty of location shoots....

[@t-mar9275]

A variation of this application goes back to the very early days of film, circa 1900. Back then , the film stock required a lot of light, so night scenes had to be shot in the day or in a well lit studio. To make a scene appear like it was night, the film stock was tinted blue, resulting in a black and blue image. While this practice was effective in conveying that it was meant to be a night scene, it suffered the same drawback of heavy shadows.

[@bigdougjohnson1625]

In the scene used for an example (2:57-3:14), Schulz is holding 2 balloons. Did anybody notice the sun is still showing it's reflection almost perfectly especially after the darkening filter was applied?