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Theater Performance Edition: Empire Strikes Back betamax bootleg preservation.
Theater Performance Edition: Empire Strikes Back betamax bootleg preservation.
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I'm creating a separate thread for this project just to make it easier to index and reference. The original info on this project comes from the Theater Performance Preservation thread (http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Theater-Performance-Preservations/topic/12161/)
Image:
- 720x576 PAL format, anamorphic
- Bitrate: 4.7 Mbps (Average), 2-pass encoding
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dual Mono) 48000 Hz, 128 kbit/s
General:
- Menu, cover and discart in Photoshop.
- Cover image from the Marvel Comics Adaption.
- Pre-credit scroll made in Windows Movie Maker.
- DVD authored using TMPEGEnc DVD Author.
Info:
The Betamax tape that was used for this transfer was bought at a video store in Qatar in 1982.
At the time, there was no pre-recorded video industry in the country, so grey-area duplicates were sold openly.
This particular tape seems to be mastered from a telecine of a theatrical print from the UK.
Members of the OT forum contacted me regarding the contents of this tape in december 2010. I offered to make a DVD duplicate of the contents and send it to a forum member.
The transfer from Beta to MPEG2 was done with a Betamax machine hooked up to a commercial DVD/HD recorder. From there, the raw capture was trimmed using VideoReDo.
The aspect ratio of the original telecine was off, so the file was re-encoded, correcting the image proportions and fitting the file on a DVD5 in the process.
DVD-ROM supplement with cover art, disc art and pictures of the original Betamax tape.
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The tape and the Beta machine.
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Some screens:
The Menu of the final authored disc:
Note the telecine misalignment at the beginning. This also appears briefly at other reel changes.
Glue mark at splice:
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More:
Reel change mark:
...and a framegrab superimposed on the same frame from the 2004 DVD.
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darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTIt would be miraculous if the source for this bootleg was the 70mm version. Do you happen to know?
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
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darth_ender wrote: It would be miraculous if the source for this bootleg was the 70mm version.
It is not as ESB_TP contains this shot:
See Rinzler's 'TMoESB' pg.333 for more info.
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTWell, it remains an interesting project in its own right. One day the 70mm has to show up somewhere. It'd be a shame for it to vanish from the earth completely.
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
lpd
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Use The Forks!Theres that pinkish look to Hoth again.
This looks great.
Theater Performance Edition: Empire Strikes Back betamax bootleg preservation.