MASH final season
Joe
Gumbo ...
>>Is it true that the last season of MASH was shot on 35mm film ?
The final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" was but the rest of
the episodes were not...
D. Gordon
do the two types of film differ?
Parry
>And how do the two types of film differ?
theres many different types of film
and also some used to use Video too
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D. Gordon
explain some of the differences all the same I'd appreciate it.
Gazzoo
> >>Is it true that the last season of MASH was shot on 35mm film ?
> >>The final episode, "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" was but the rest of
> >>the episodes were not...
Sorry that's incorrect, every MASH episode of every season was shot on
35mm film.
35mm was the standand format for filmed shows since the start of TV,
(there might have been a few cheapies that were shot on 16mm, but I
can't think of any). With the advent of digital/HDTV in recent years
35mm might have been supplanted, but from 1950 to 2000 I can assure you
that 99% of filmed shows were done on 35mm.
What makes you think otherwise?
BG
Gumbo ...
Were you there?
Unless my eye's are gone... You can tell the difference of the look of
the film from the episodes and from the final movie... I'm just going
by what has been said about the last season... Now if I am wrong then
please prove me wrong by showing me some proof...
Joe
wrote:
>Joe my question is aimed at you solely, if you'd be good enough to
>explain some of the differences all the same I'd appreciate it.
16mm is smaller, cheaper and generally lower quality than 35mm film.
It's a fact that a lot of TV shows are shot on 16mm whereas most films
are 35mm.
Joe
Are you sure about this ?
It is my understanding that the first 10 seasons of MASH were shot on
16mm film with the last being 35mm.
Joe
According to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), only the last
season was shot on 35mm film, the first ten being shot on 16mm
Furthermore, I found the following memorabillia which shows that MASH
was shot on 16mm film: See
http://www.retrocollection.com/pages/tvc3.htm
Gazzoo
<j...@home.net> wrote:
> According to the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), only the last
> season was shot on 35mm film, the first ten being shot on 16mm
>
> Furthermore, I found the following memorabillia which shows that MASH
> was shot on 16mm film: See
>
> http://www.retrocollection.com/pages/tvc3.htm
I've worked in television for almost 25 years, I can assure you that,
in this case, IMDB is incorrect.
The confusion might be that up until the early '80s most filmed shows
were DISTRIBUTED on 16mm film to local stations for syndicated reruns.
I remember it actually being big news that my local station (FOX-32 in
Chicago) was switching it's airing of M*A*S*H from 16mm film to video
transfers of the original 35mm network prints.
There are still literally thousands of the old 16mm prints floating
around the collectors market, thus explains the "memorabilia".
BG
D. Gordon
Ed
"D. Gordon" <story...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> IMDb is sometimes wrong, Gazoo.
>
Correct! I've found them to be wrong with some MASH as well.
Gazzoo
<story...@webtv.net> wrote:
> IMDb is sometimes wrong, Gazoo.
That was my point
Gumbo ...
>>I've worked in television for almost 25 years, I can assure you that,
>>in this case, IMDB is incorrect.
>>
>>BG
Not doubting you but a little proof would be nice...
Ed
"Gumbo ..." <Gu...@mkx.org> wrote in message
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If you mean the IMDB, of the four things I found wrong, the one I can
remember is them listing only Sal Viscuso as the PA announcer.
jm
> I've worked in television for almost 25 years, I can assure you that,
> in this case, IMDB is incorrect.
I second your assurance. A 35mm camera was on the floor for the nine
years I worked on stage 9.
jm
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Alan Alda was announcing in the ep where HoJohn stole all that stuff.
Iggy17ren
Really? heheheheh
D. Gordon
to report to a certain tent.Spearchucker was among the personnel he
asked for. I note Spear. especially because he'd soon be out of sight
and mind for the remainder of the series.
Iggy17ren
I know. :-) Some of the characters we in line to enter the tent before
their names were called. Radar at least I believe. Ho John's name was not
called but he was there anyway. (IIRC) Despite he was the suspect.
Christopher Range
Christopher
David Brunt
> I have found the IMDB to be an utter joke because tons of data is missing.
IMDB is largely made up of outside contributions from Fred on the street, so
is only as good as their reseach.
It also means that a lot of erronious information gets listed.