telecine

Movie digitization process

Telecine is the process of transferring motion picture film to video, or the equipment that performs this conversion.

Before digital filmmaking, telecine was essential for broadcasting films on television or converting them to home video formats.

The term combines "television" and "cinema." As a verb, to telecine footage is to run it through this process: We telecined the 16mm reels for the documentary.

filmsource

celluloid

Transparent flammable synthetic material

  • reelsCylindrical winding devices
  • sprocketsToothed wheels for chains
  • 35mmFilm width measurement

16mm · 70mm · frames · footage · negatives · prints · dailies · rushes · anamorphic · splicing

digital

resolution

Formal decision or determination

  • 4KHigh-resolution video standard
  • 2KMajor game publisher
  • 1080pVideo resolution standard

pixels · bitrate · codec · compression · H.264 · RAW · progressive · interlacing · pulldown · artifacting

transfer

scanning

Systematic visual examination

gate · lightbox · CCD · CMOS · sensor · calibration · synchronization · encoder · decoder · output

equipment

Bosch

German industrial corporation

  • CRTVacuum tube display
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows
  • diffuseSpread thinly throughout

capstan · rollers · gate · immersion

broadcast

network

Interconnected system

deliverables · standards · NTSC · PAL · transmission · airdate · postproduction · distributor · archive · library

colorgrading

correction

Fixing of mistakes

  • balanceSteadiness or amount owed
  • gradingAssigning marks to work
  • hueColor's specific character

saturation · luminance · contrast · gamma · lift · gain · offset · warmth · coolness · tint

Opposites
direction of format transfer

telecinekinescope

Cathode-ray display tube

display/output method

telecineprojection

Something that extends outward

film projection · projector · screening · theatrical release

Family

cinema, television, kinetic, televise, cinematic, telecast, tele, cinematographer, cinematography

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