Talk:Film Out (NTSC)

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It is a good bet that a different term is common in Europe. Another issue to be addressed... the various ways "film out" is spelled, at least in the U.S. Also, it seems there may be different uses of the same term in the graphics/print world versus the film/video world.

Eventually, if no one else gets to it first, I'll try my hand at parallel articles from the perspective of other regional formats/industires, such as Europe's PAL. PAL runs at 25 interlaced video "frames" per second, which can be slowed down and deinterlaced to correlate "frame" for frame with film (running at 24 actual frames per second), so it is not quite the headache.... and the industry... that it is in the NTSC of the American entertainment industry.

NTSC runs at the very odd rate of 29.97 video "frames" per second, hardest to reconcile with film, thus has its own unique "story". PAL conversions do suffer though from the following choice... does the filmmaker slow down his/her film (and audio pitch, noticeibley), slightly changing the rythem and "feel" of the movie, to match film? Or does he/she drop frames, thereby creating jerkiness and possible loss of vital detail in fast moving action? The speed/match story is what is happening in Europe and wherever video is captured first to PAL.

HD, high definition video, can be shot at a variety a frame rates, including 29.97 interlaced (like NTSC) or progressive, or 25 interlaced (like PAL) or progressive like PAL, or even 24 progressive just like film. HD, if shot in 24 progressive, scans nearly perfectly to film without the need of a conversion process.