Posted by Justin Cole on 04/23/06 10:36

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4e1ba4efb1dave@davenoise.co.uk...
> In article <1145716920.770629.274830@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> Frosty <cfrost3116NOSPAM@aol.com> wrote:
>> When a production company makes a film or TV program then the
>> cameraman, director and editor all know that nearly all TVs overscan by
>> at least 3% to 5%. In otherwords they have a safe border round the edge
>> of the picture where it doesn't matter if the light stand or mic is in
>> shot; the TV overscan will cover it.
>
> Total bollocks. I've worked in TV production for over 40 years and there
> is no such thing as domestic cutoff for things which shouldn't be in shot.
> You allow for this in the framing of important things, though. But even
> then not all domestic sets are the same.

Indeed, if there's a mic or something that shouldn't be there then it's a
real error! Not assumed to be removed by framing...

Justin.

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