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Old 07-13-2008, 09:47 PM   #11 of 33
LizH
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Re: Why TV productions are recorded this way?


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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce
Up until the late 1980s, most American 1 hour dramatic TV shows were shot AND edited on film, most of the time 35mm. Many of the sitcoms were shot on video tape, Three's Company comes to mind.


What about "That Girl", Bob Newhart, "I Dream of Jeannie", or "Bewitched"? They were all shot on film.

AFAIK, sitcoms really didn't use video until the 1970's ("The Jeffersons", "Good Times", "All in the Family", etc.)


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Dr. Who, being a BBC production shot both on film and tape as did most of the other BBC shows. They would shoot the indoor sets on tape, but shoot 16mm film for the locations. This is one of the reasons Dr. Who has such a hit or miss look to it.


A lot of British sitcoms still do that today ("Keeping Up Appearances" did it, as did "Black Books".)


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