Saw the Red Problem on Film Last Night at DVinfo.net

Frank Howard · April 27th, 2006, 09:30 AM

Last night I got my Netflix fix: the film Storytelling on DVD.
While watching it I was shocked to see reds were oversaturated in exactly the same way as with the A1 and the HC1. Red cars were 'magentafied' as were red shirts etc...

But according to the IMDB, this movie was apparently shot on film.

That sure as hell gave me some perspective about the red problem. Heh.

Steve Mullen · April 27th, 2006, 03:29 PM

If you look back at other threads on red -- I mention this is a very common problem with NTSC on anything.

Frank Howard · April 27th, 2006, 05:50 PM

But what struck me as odd Steve, is this movie was not shot on video at all, but on film!

Evan Dowling · April 30th, 2006, 08:05 AM

Even thought the movie may have been shot on film, it still has to be transferred to NTSC for broadcasting. Red has always been the most difficult color for NTSC to reproduce accurately.

Robin Davies-Rollinson · April 30th, 2006, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evan Dowling

Red has always been the most difficult color for NTSC to reproduce accurately.

A left-over from the McCarthy era ? :-)

Robin

Laurence Kingston · April 30th, 2006, 09:38 AM

I was talking about the reds problem to a photography buff the other day and he told me all video has this problem to some degree or another. Stills don't but video does. He explained why as well. but the explanation didn't make enough sense to me to remember.

April 27th, 2006, 09:30 AM	#1
Frank Howard Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 157	Saw the Red Problem on Film Last Night Last night I got my Netflix fix: the film Storytelling on DVD. While watching it I was shocked to see reds were oversaturated in exactly the same way as with the A1 and the HC1. Red cars were 'magentafied' as were red shirts etc... But according to the IMDB, this movie was apparently shot on film. That sure as hell gave me some perspective about the red problem. Heh.

April 27th, 2006, 03:29 PM	#2
Steve Mullen HDV Cinema Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 4,007	If you look back at other threads on red -- I mention this is a very common problem with NTSC on anything. __________________ Switcher's Quick Guide to the Avid Media Composer >>> http://home.mindspring.com/~d-v-c

April 30th, 2006, 08:05 AM	#4
Evan Dowling Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Fort Myers , Florida Posts: 64	Even thought the movie may have been shot on film, it still has to be transferred to NTSC for broadcasting. Red has always been the most difficult color for NTSC to reproduce accurately. __________________ Evan Dowling HDV 1080i Sony HDR-HC1

April 27th, 2006, 05:50 PM	#3
Frank Howard Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 157	But what struck me as odd Steve, is this movie was not shot on video at all, but on film!

April 30th, 2006, 09:38 AM	#6
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 941	I was talking about the reds problem to a photography buff the other day and he told me all video has this problem to some degree or another. Stills don't but video does. He explained why as well. but the explanation didn't make enough sense to me to remember.