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Originally Posted by Mr D
Wow, many thanks for the amazing info!
This is a great jumping off point for further reading.
A few more questions:
What was this recording onto back in the day? Analog or some sort of early digital tape?
To what extent is that recording format responsible for the look of this film?
What are the chances of recreating this look today? I'm not interested in some modern emulation, i mean the actual same process as in 1972......
For example, those big broadcast cameras seem to be completely unobtainium these days, none for sale anywhere on the interwebs. Presumably they're only museum pieces nowadays. And i guess you'd need a room full of other ancillary equipment as well?!
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No digital tape back then. Analog tape. In most cases, broadcast video was still 2" Quadruplex reel to reel tape, or 16mm film based. Those big broadcast cameras were never mass produced, TV studio equipment was also very, very expensive, as in several millions of $$$$ expensive, and the engineers who kept it operational, and the operators were very well paid people compared to most skilled professions.