Mojo answers FX question

 Posted on 2/11/1994 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


Mojo...Mojo...c'mere, Mojo...I wanna talk to you...siddown...no,
look, I'm not gonna hurt you, Mojo...Mojo...we don't film the live
action stuff on this show in 3:1 aspect ratio. It's widescreen, Mojo.
Super 1:78:1. Go pick up a copy of dailies, Mojo, it's right at the
start of the tape. We crop the sides for normal broadcast. Look at the
main title, Mojo, notice a slight difference between the main title
shots from "Parliament" and the broadcast version in the episode
itself...like...IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY WIDER AT EITHER END?!

Don't run, Mojo...come back...stand still...it's just a baseball
bat, Mojo...we're gonna play a little game...Mojo...Mojo...COME BACK HERE!

jms



Re: Mojo answers FX question

 Posted on 2/11/1994 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


Mojo is incorrect. The regular footage of live-action stuff on B5
is shot widescreen, with the regular aspect ratio emphasized generally
for initial broadcast in that format. We picked footage from various
scenes already shot for use in the main title sequence; compare Delenn
and Sinclair walking in the central corridor in the main title, with the
same identical shot in "Soul Hunter." The widescreen is not a cropped
image; there's more on either side. Ditto other shots in that opening.

jms