[QuadList] Helicals, Quads

[Dennis Degan]

		On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:39 AM, <bill.spencer at northstarstudios.tv> wrote:

 > My comment on the chroma was based on what the folks in the field 
felt was a deliberate boost of the yellow to enhance Big Bird and the 
fact that it got there hot.  Even when I saw it all the way through I 
never figured out where it got boosted, as we tried at PBS to 
faithfully reproduce what was sent to us.

		I say:

	Not a deliberate boost of yellow in the studio at all.  In fact we did 
what we could to limit the amount of yellow just for the reasons you 
mentioned.
	The bird's feathers were dyed turkey feathers.  VERY dyed.  The color 
was difficult to deal with on set and there's certainly no way we 
boosted the color.  Whoever told you it was deliberate was not informed 
of the truth.  We knew it was a problem and tried to minimize the 
saturated yellow color any way we could.  We could not ask the costume 
maker to dye the feathers with less saturated color because 
unfortunately, that was Big Bird's color and we had to deal with it.
	This is not second-hand information.  I had personally discussed this 
with several video operators during SS production when I worked on the 
show back in 1980-83 (I also worked on the show on occasion in 1985 at 
the 55th Street studio).  I was the videotape operator from 1980-83.  I 
also occasionally was the video op myself on the show during that 
period.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York