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- From: myers@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:36:48 GMT
- Subject: Re: analog pride
- Message-ID: <7490269@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- >>This makes me think of TV shows that are filmed (using movie film) rather
- >>than video (like Cheers as opposed to most sitcoms). Film gives a more
- >>unrealistic, softer look. The crispness of video makes shows look "cheap".
- >>Maybe this is just because we are conditioned by movies...
- >
- > I don't think that film gives a more unrealistic look; in fact,
- > i believe that film reproduces colors much more realistically
- > than videotape does. Bright colors tend to dominate too much
- > in videotape, and lighting conditions affect it a lot more than
- > film.
-
- A little off the subject (this IS wreck.AUDIO, isn't it? :-)), but:
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- Yes, film IS the better medium for recording images; it has far higher
- resolution, greater dynamic range, and a much wider color pallette than
- any current video standard. About the only area where film has a problem is
- fast motion (and that's only true of the standard 24 fps speed; certainly,
- film CAN be pushed a LOT faster than, say, NTSC video, which is locked
- forever to a 30 fps rate.)
-
- The film vs. video "look" as seen on TV has more to do with the problems
- of converting between two basically incompatible formats than it does with
- anything inherent in film. Remember, you've got to go from 24 to 30 fps
- (typically via a technique called "3:2 pulldown", which introduces its own
- artifacts), lose a LOT of resolution, change aspect ratios (although TV shows
- shot to film will generally be composed for the "little screen", since the
- director & cinematographer know where they're headed), and give up a LOT of
- color.
-
-
- Bob "Not a TV guy, but I argue with 'em a lot" M.
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