zombie84 wrote:
I couldn't say whether its the detail level or the softness on the edges, but something about this just looks like a 16mm print to me.
The softness/details level could be a factor of the digitization. The Moth3r source is ~9gb while Catnap is ~3.5.
Don't know if people have found certain differences between the 16mm (Puggo) and other known quantities from the film versions, besides resolution. (I checked the reel change burn marks from the Conference room scene and they are there in the 16mm, need to check Puggo's thread) Maybe finding a frame with a hair and measuring/figuring out how large the hair is in relation to either the 16 or 35 size. Question: In the telecine equipment, could the hair occupy different locations which would affect how big it appeared in frame or is it generally really cramped, so it's most likely directly touching the actual film, but behind a piece of glass?
Feel free to toss out questions ideas which we can submit to Catnap: Something like:
Do you have a story behind the tapes origin? Collector, bootleg market something else. How would you compare the tape playback to the DVD? The DVD is not quite a full DVD5 so people have commented that the lack of detail might mean it's something else. Personally i'm curious about the physical tape, gives a sense of history. (obsolete tech) Can we get a pic?
The story of the Catnap creation being because the official VHS releases were not in widescreen makes sense, but why go through this process (color bars professional) and cut the bottom so heavily. and the blue shift is unusual.
I'm about half way through watching, anyone else given it a look? Thinking over this weekend can get the questions in order and see if sending them off to the contact info we've got. Hopefully Catnap's still using that account. Need to ask ReverandBeastly if he did all his communication through PMs.
Updated : blitter 35mm audio recording info. Thanks for the clarification, was skimming... little too quickly it seems. Have you discovered anything else about the recording in the last few years?
Darth Mallwalker seems to have found an unwatched coke dispenser in the food court and is current on an unfiltered syrup sugar high and it's caused him to offer up free binaries help services. I think the devil-horns would be better used on a Sith-Trifecta. But feel free to update the .nfo's where Voi has gone awry.77