25-06-2020, 06:55 PM
The Julia Child demo reminds me of a BBC VT spoof (recorded on borrowed video security cameras, I believe) shot at Lime Grove around 1966: a 2-inch quad videotape is 'edited' by tying a knot in it, and 'trimmed' with a hacksaw!
But, seriously, I have been amazed at the quality of some of the physical 2-inch videotape edits I have had the privilege of seeing during my work at the BFI Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted.
I have seen 48-year-old physical splices so good that they look like vision mixer cuts, and without any chroma off-locking either. I have also seen a quad tape with a splice that was subsequently re-recorded on: the splice was virtually imperceptible the picture monitor. I marvel at the skills of the operators of yesteryear (Howard Dell in the case of the first instance, I recall).
But, seriously, I have been amazed at the quality of some of the physical 2-inch videotape edits I have had the privilege of seeing during my work at the BFI Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted.
I have seen 48-year-old physical splices so good that they look like vision mixer cuts, and without any chroma off-locking either. I have also seen a quad tape with a splice that was subsequently re-recorded on: the splice was virtually imperceptible the picture monitor. I marvel at the skills of the operators of yesteryear (Howard Dell in the case of the first instance, I recall).
Francis Niemczyk
