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The Demise of NBC Burbank Part 2 by Richard Wirth – ProVideo Coalition
Recently, I wrote about the beginnings of NBC’s historic lot in Burbank as the Peacock network completed its move to nearby Universal Studios. The look back on NBC Burbank’s sixty-two year history wouldn’t be complete without exploring some of the technical history NBC engineers made over the years…
Great post. Thanks!
I liked how long the director stayed with a shot. I HATE those directors that think they have to cut every two seconds. That gets really irritating.
Some friends worked on a Kovacs retrospective and the editing house made them buy a VTR head because the physical spliced did such damage to the heads.
Another extremely interesting post ! Again and again thank you Bobby
Many years ago I was helping to put together a TV show called “Television, the first twenty five years “. We had a copy of this tape.
I loved the opening dolly move from the feet to full frame. And……all the shots were perfectly framed with no recovery needed. Especially the pre-framed shots of crosses. Really very fine camera work.
We still used the Cut & splice method of videotape editing at Channel 8 in Houston in the mid 1960’s. Only one or two guys could do it successfully.
I remember two things about “An Evening with Fred Astaire.” (1) Barrie Chase and early-onset stirrings of lust. (2) RCA put a fold-out insert ad in TV Guide, which was a color photo of the bottom half of a 21″ screen during “An Evening with..” During the show, they paused the action and you were supposed to put the photo up on the screen to see what the show would look like if you had a color TV. Early interactive advertising and sort of like “Winky Dink and You.”
I have a Smith Splicer. Got it on eBay.
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