Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-09 (Saturday)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 3/12/24 7:27 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 3/12/24 6:37 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 3/12/24 11:12 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

. . .

Because SD looks like s**t on an 4k TV.
IOW, not just the "FX", but *everything*!!

I would have figured by 2002 that most everything was filming in HD -
"...Jules Verne" had done so 3 years prior, and even shows on The WB,
like "Babes of Prey" from the year previous, were filmed in HD.

But I guess it took until c.2005 before everything, even stuff like
"Tracker", was filmed in HD.

Huh?

IOW, even through 2005, a lot of stuff was still filmed in SD. It wasn't
until 2005 that even low-rent stuff like "Tracker" was filmed in HD.

Filmed in SD? That's not how it works. That's not how any of it works.

The premiere color Western television series for the late 1950s and
early 1960s were filmed on 35 mm film, just like movies. Some were in
Technicolor. Even b&w filmed tv series were filmed on 35 mm movie film.

By the mid to late '60s, they were using cheaper Eastman Color, which
faded after three years or so.

I just looked up Tracker: Super 16 mm Arriflex system. That's why it
looked like crap.

That's a method of television production that got worse.

I'm not sure what we count as the first tv series videoed, not filmed,
that didn't look like crap. Not The Secret Life of Jules Verne.

"CSI"?

CSI was filmed for 16:9, I think from the beginning.

Various Panavision cameras, 35 mm film

 

"Babes of Prey"?

4:3

Arricam ST and Arricam 435. Both are 35 mm film systems.

I doubt either were "filmed", but both were HD.

Both were filmed. Ian, you're not listening.

Try not to be tedious, Adam. I was listening. I just don't know off-hand
which shows were filmed and which were shot on tape.

You could see with your own eyes. If the quality was better, then it was
filmed on movie film. But I confirmed it with IMDb.

For instance, I didn't list "Smallville", as I am pretty sure that show
was filmed.

35 mm on a variety of Kodak/Eastman cameras. Super 35 3-perf pulldown
which saves film and results in an image of approximately 16:9.

IMDb sez video "positive film print" for broadcast, 16:9 anamorphic NTSC
for season 1, and HDTV for the remaining seasons.

Perhaps "printing directly to broadcast-quality video" without first
creating an intermediate print on positive film wasn't practical in the
late '90s.

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