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TV Safe

The area of a filmed image which will normally appear on a home television set after a film has been transferred in a telecine and then transmitted.

Unsqueezed

A print in which the distorted image of an anamorphic negative has been corrected for normal projection.

Widescreen

A general term for film presentation in which a film is shown in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.33 to 1. In today’s terms, this now means in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.85 to 1.

Sony Dynamic Digital Sound System [SDDS]

A film sound format which encodes eight tracks of digital audio outside of the sprocket holes on both edges of a film print.

SMPTE Timecode

Also known as Longitudinal Time Code. A high frequency signal that allows the accurate ‘locking’ of film audio and video equipment. Locator information is displayed as numbers.

Surround Sound

Sound that is reproduced through speakers above or behind the audience.

National Television Standards Committee. The organization that sets the American broadcast and videotape format standards for the FCC. Color television is currently set at 525 lines per frame, 29.97 frames per second.

Phase Alternating Line (PAL)

The European color television standard that specifies a 25Hz frame rate and 625 lines per frame.

Quicktime

A plugin for computers, which allow them to view films from various sources.