ATTN JMS: De-Mystifying Television

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Subject: ATTN JMS: De-Mystifying Television
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+  1: Apr  9, 1996: flanagan at aero.odu.edu (Mark Flanagan)
*  2: Apr  9, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: flanagan at aero.odu.edu (Mark Flanagan)
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I suppose I should save these type of questions for the rerun periods,
but I usually forget them.  Joe, you have said that one of the
problems with re-releasing episodes in widescreen is that they will
have to be re-telescined (sp?)  I assume that  telescining is a
process that takes the film and translates it to video tape?  How does
this work, and why is it so expensive?  (Readers take note:  I have
just violated the first rule of attn jms.  I have asked more than one
question at a time.  Kids, don't do this at home)

-m

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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The process is quite a bit more elaborate than that, hence the cost.  You
have to back to the original negative stock and re-develop every frame of
film print to the proper perspective, then adjust all the CGI to match.

However, this is being done already, with France preparing to show season
3 in the widescreen version.  It just takes a while, and it costs.


 jms


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