Originally posted by nny
A lot of people complain about reruns, but just like every other show, the only make 22 episodes a year.

Originally posted by 12thmonkey
I think we all get the 22 episodes concept, but it would certainly help the flow of the continuing story arc if the episodes were played consecutively.

I could live with 22 straight weeks - then nothing, as opposed to the way it is currently.

Originally posted by hahn
How do you get that 'film' quality?

Often overlooked in the debate between film and video technologies is the fact that these two systems record and render images in fundamentally different ways. What exactly happens when light strikes a frame of motion picture film? How are the images formed and how does that differ from the way the best digital video cameras record pictures? These are just some of the questions we asked Tom Wallis, chief technical officer, Kodak Entertainment Imaging division.

Wallis explains that every frame of film has a thin emulsion layer composed of randomly distributed microscopic silver halide crystals suspended in a three-dimensional pattern. In contrast, digital cameras capture images on CCD arrays. These are two-dimensional devices with a fixed grid of pixels.

Film "sees" and records images similar to how the human eye "sees" them. Wallis explains that when film is exposed it reacts logarithmically to light and forms a latent image consisting of tiny silver atoms. These atoms--and the image--are chemically amplified when the negative is processed. Since the eye reacts logarithmically to light, the resulting image seems realistic to viewers.

In contrast, the CCD sensors in digital cameras capture light in a linear fashion on a fixed grid of pixels or picture elements. The light is converted to electrons that are stored in a "well" and subsequently are electrically amplified and transferred to magnetic tape or disks.

Wallis explains that when you scan film on state-of-the-art equipment, you can get 4,000 pixels of information across the horizontal axis of a frame of 35mm color negative. When a frame of Super 16mm color negative film is scanned across the horizontal axis it converts to 2,000 pixels of information. In comparison, the new 24P HD digital cameras record 1,920 pixels across the horizontal axis.

Dynamic range is another measure of imaging capability that points out the fundamental differences between the two technologies. Film has the capacity for recording images with a dynamic range of 1,000:1. The best HD and other digital cameras offer a capacity for recording a dynamic range of about 100:1. When the CCD well of electrons is full, Wallis explains, a condition called "clipping" occurs and there is no more sensitivity to higher levels of light. That results in a comparatively limited dynamic range. Film, on the other hand, can differentiate levels of light far above the typical highlight levels in a scene.

What does that explanation mean for filmmakers who are trying to capture images that convey the emotional content of a story?

"The dynamic range of film is what gives cinematographers the creative freedom to create a sense of place and time and to augment performances with light, colors, shadows and textures," Wallis explains. "These are some of the reasons why film feels organic to audiences and why they associate a film look with fantasy and video with reality."

Originally posted by Wizdar
Smarta$$ answer: by using film.

Real answer: by using film.

From a Kodak site:


Note that this is talking about (I presume) the super-dooper fancy-schmancy digital cameras the “industry” might use, not the kind you might record your home pr0n with.

Originally posted by Dr. DVD
You forget about the bottomline my friend, $$$$$
Most cash flow comes from the sweeps periods in November, February, and Mid-April to Mid May, and in that time you get advertising $$$. .

Originally posted by renaldow
All of the flashbacks from Andrew were new material. It was all his version of what really happened.

Good episode, I thought.