saleem dad Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi can any one tell me the supper 16mm frame is perfect for normal tv? i means after telecine when the film on air on tv is full screen ??? there r canfusion beoz some budy say the 16mm frame perfect for hd tv. whta is means??? welcome for advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted February 20, 2007 Site Sponsor Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi can any one tell me the supper 16mm frame is perfect for normal tv? i means after telecine when the film on air on tv is full screen ??? there r canfusion beoz some budy say the 16mm frame perfect for hd tv. whta is means??? welcome for advice. I think there are 2 approaches used these days SD and HD. For SD only transfer either you take a 4:3 extraction from the 1.66 frame or you do a 16:9 transfer and sets will automatically (if setup right) display either 4:3 or 16:9 depending on the screen viewed on. For HD post Super will generally be transfered to 1080p in 16:9 and then a 4:3 center extraction can be taken out for SD broadcast. I think this is mostly how sporting events are done. For narrative work you could do a 16:9 HD and 16:9 SD which on 4:3 sets will leterbox. There are a million variables in this and it depends on what the creative/producing team want the film to look like on different sets especially considering how many 16:9 sets have been sold in the last 10 years. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 20, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted February 20, 2007 The Super-16 full aperture camera gate is around 1.68 : 1. Usually this is transferred to full-frame 16x9 HD or 16x9 SD (which is 1.78 : 1) by slightly cropping 1.68 to 1.78. If you transferred to 4x3 SD full-frame (no letterboxing) you'd only be using a Regular 16mm area of the Super-16 frame. Many TV shows shot in Super-16 transfer to full-frame 16x9 HD, post in 16x9 HD... but broadcast a standard-def version that has been cropped on the sides to 4x3. A few might decide to broadcast it letterboxed instead (1.78 matte on a 4x3 master) in order to hold the whole 16x9 composition. The advantage of Super-16 is that it can make both good 16x9 and 4x3 transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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