[QuadList] How to Edit--resending Park's attachment--didn't come through on my end.

[David C. Crosthwait]

Tony,

I had seen this film in the past and surmised that the production was  
shot on 16mm (?) as portable video gear was difficult to obtain  
(usually) at that time. When the station I originally worked for while  
in college (KERA TV in Dallas) introduced the Monty Python series to  
the American audience in 1974-75, I was surprised that all of the  
location material in and around the UK was film, as this was the  
beginning of the "electronic news gathering" (ENG) era. But the film  
transfers looked superior to anything I had seen in the states. Later  
I surmised it was both the 625 PAL system with no 3:2 pull down issues  
coupled with Rank Flying Spot Scanners, something which was in limited  
use here. Compared to the 3V and 4V film chains here in the states,  
the color and clarity was superior. So, may I conclude that the UK  
production people stayed with film acquisition longer than in the  
states for these reasons?

David Crosthwait
www.dcvideo.com


Quoting Tony Quinn <tony at tqvideo.co.uk>:

> In message <C0B9CB2B-2C7D-47C4-B3F7-CA2A494972D5 at videopark.com>, C.
> Park Seward <park at videopark.com> writes
>> Great video. Thanks Tony.
>
> You'll have noticed that it's shot on flim?
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