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ESB_TP Notes
On first listen thought ESB_TP sounded sped up, but then I start getting confused about the capture system.
This is just regular PAL speedup. In the Telecine process, the original 24 frames are captured, but on playback it is shown at 25 fps. PAL does not introduce any extra frames at all, just runs them 4% faster. The pitch change of the audio is imperceptible to most people without a side-by side comparison. Drives some people up the wall, I know. The PAL speed up is proof-positive that this was not camcorded off a projection.
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Why would the British Censor Board placard be centered correctly but then the opening of the film not? Were these attached directly to the print, or played through a different projection.
Yes, the ratings logo was attached to the first reel, and I have no idea how the telecine operator fumbled this. It looks like he got cold feet when the screen faded to black for a few seconds before the "a long time ago" caption appeared and fiddled with the alignment in anticipation of who-knows-what?
Please note that for my DVD, I windowboxed the ratings card as a separate element to preserve the outer edges of type, centering it horizontally in the process.
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Here are some of some of the cuts: (please note others)
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">ESB_TP Cut Parts</span>
16:22 Leia "scruffy-looking nerf herder!" Han "Who's scruffy-lookin'?"
Some of these seem like dropped frames in the capture process. A few happened at sharp loud sections which can overload some capture systems.
That's exactly what happened, None. Like when the AT-AT's head explodes. The Nerf-herder line was just tape damage in the source of my Beta copy. My HD- recorder just skipped the blizzard.
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1:56:30 During credit (Visual Effects Editorial Supervisor CONRAD BUFF) something interrupts the right side of the frame.
Looks like someone put their hand in front of the projector or something at this point. Probably just an accident.
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Also learned that the 'Z' version opens with the crowd cheering then shifts to a direct audio feed.
To be clear, the source shift doesn't happen until 30 minutes into the film.
I'll try to add some before-and after screencaps of the ESB boot and the Z version later.