16mm telecine process

[@video2000ification]

Interesting how this segment was shot on the PMW-100, a camera the BBC did not approve

[@ksdnsdkumar1375]

I always wonder how they broadcast movies on tv.....now my doubt got solved.

[@applepine1048]

i didnt know its pronounced tele-"siney" until now. i've always thought it's tele-"sign"

[@professor-josh]

4:00 "Be kind, rewind" not just for VHS.

[@belowthedot8903]

Is that the same guy from that other telecine video

[@johanperjus616]

The sound is terrible for being shot by ”a veteran BBC documentary crew” 😮

[@petersmith1972]

FOCUS?

[@GregorPQ]

Very interesting. Do you happen to have something about the C-Reality / DSX?

[@northernplacecorporation]

Rank Cintel mkIII telecine and a Sony DVW-A500P Digital Betacam videocassette recorder.

[@darrenmarchant1720]

how much archival material is available in this format? it is a good idea to transfer such film to digital available for public viewing.

[@AdapttvhistoryOrgUk]

A large amount. Broadcasters and libraries around the world are digitizing and preserving their film and tape based collections, though digitization is expensive and does not create copies which last forever. The big challenge is material held on videotape: it is thought that there is more videotape in the world than can be played on the remaining magnetic playheads. Some big challenges for audiovisual preservation lie ahead.

[@jasonhaman4670]

Plus early, long-obsolete formats, where working machines to play them are much rarer. Like 2" Quad on the professional side, and Betamax on the consumer side.

[@scottmog]

ya'll got any of those bvms for sale? *scratch scratch*

[@patrickjenner3211]

Why are you transferring it to digital tape? Can't you capture it to a hard drive?

[@AdapttvhistoryOrgUk]

This was part of a reenactment of historical methods of television production. If we could have done so, we would have transferred to analogue tape at this stage but the technology was not readily available. The film you see in this clip was also transferred to a hard drive.

[@bagnome]

Also, digital tape is probably the most cost effective means of storing large amounts of digital information.

[@patrickjenner3211]

@@bagnome Yeah... but I'd be worried all the DVW- decks will have stopped working in the future though.