[QuadList] OB Film Vs. Studio Video

[Sammy Jones]

Actually the Restoration Team (the self-appointed title of the group that
handles the Doctor Who DVD releases) takes special care in film sequences.
Whenever possible, they are re-scanned on the state-of-the-art Spirit
Datacine and reinserted into the episode.  On episodes where only film
recordings exist (like American kinescopes), the footage that was originally
quad video is treated with VidFire to look like video again, while the film
inserts are left as 25 fps progressive film.  This is the case with all of
the '60s episodes, and some of the early '70s episodes.

Here's their site:  http://restoration-team.co.uk .

Yes, Tom Baker was a great Doctor, but I'm actually partial to all of the
first four.  And David Tennant's great, too!

Sammy Jones

Scott Thomas wrote: 
> Makes perfect sense. I did however always notice the change when
> watching Monty Python and Dr. Who in the early 1980's.
> Perhaps we can remaster all of that OB film footage and use Optical
> Flow to temporally upscale the film elements to 25 fps Interlace. :)
> 
> BTW: Tom Baker will always be "The Doctor" to me. :)
> 
> Scott Thomas
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:05 AM, Trevor Brown wrote:
> 
> > David
> > In the UK we did tend to hang onto the practice of film for outdoor
> inserts
> > ENG was restricted to news
> >
> > I think at the time there were problems that ENG was not studio
> quality
> > But was OK for news because it was better than the fast processed pos
> film
> > that it replaced
> >
> > This was not the case for full blown production were neg film was
> used
> >
> > The general feeling now is that film inserts into studio productions
> do Jar
> > a little on the cuts
> > You can get away with it on sitcom, but drama you are more sucked
> into, and
> > the cuts do hurt
> >
> > The ITV company I worked for was very keen on solving this problem
> and set
> > up a two camera OB truck
> > With a Quad VT (TR61) in the same truck
> >
> > Not easy to work next to racks guys they keep turning the lights off
> > So you cannot see the mechanical tape counter to log takes on the
> paperwork
> > Or work the waveform monitor, and if you have to adjust any of
> presets on
> > the modules ...............
> >
> > OK for them they just put their hands on the Joysticks and watch
> monitors
> >
> > Happy Days
> > Trevor
> > UK Member