WilliamMcK
Second Unit
Back in the '70's one of the major networks used to pan and scan somewhat differently than the others (I suppose the networks were allowed to create their own television masters?). I think it was NBC, but I remember watching Day of the Dolphin and being VERY conscious of camera movement that was not generated by the filming camera. It's hard to describe, but it was as if a video camera were panning the filmed image--it had a very unnatural, very unfilm-like quality to it. I suppose this had something to do with 24fps film vs. 30 fps ntsc--but I really don't know. I only know that it was VERY noticeable and distracting. Afterwards, I noticed this a lot on the same network during their feature film broadcasts (as I said, I think it was NBC) but not at all on the others.