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Originally Posted by Penguin
To be fair, this is the only thing I saw Collins' didn't get 100% right. Many TV movies/series have been shot on 16mm, though I think it wasn't very common untill super 16 came out.
In ENG, 16mm (reverse film due to time constraints) stayed popular untill the mid 70s, untill U-Matic became popular and affordable. However this makes Collins' quality remark still valid.
The hoax guy should just have gone to any film set on the world and ask the camera assistant what the hell they are doing after every take when they check the cam for fuzz which might have landed on the film during seconds of shooting. 
That's why I loved this sentence: "If you're thinking of shooting 16mm at double speed with a 2300 foot load: Don't!" True words, dat!  |
Yes, I know. The remark may induce error in saying that 35mm is use for TV, but it's not only 35mm. As you said, 16mm was also used. I learn that when reading about and then seeing (on dvd, one can see better) Monty Python FC. They use 35mm for studio scenes and on the street shootings, one can see the lesser quality of the 16mm that was used.
And so, many other TV series would had done the same!
And film format knowledge is also need : 35mm is possibly (writing from memory) the largest "miniature" format film. When going smaller, films tends to "be more grainier" when enlarged.