Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
Figure A1.6 Pixel close up from No Fui Yo with square pixels
Figure A1.7 No Fui Yo pixel close up in CCIR 601 showing the taller-than-wide pixel aspect ratio
Videotape and Metadata
For the fi rst twenty years of television, there was no videotape. Most of the programming was created
live, even the commercials. Some shows were produced on fi lm and the fi lm broadcast from a “fi lm
chain” much like a telecine machine, but rather basic.
When videotape appeared, it was cumbersome and expensive. The tape needed to move at a high
speed to gain enough bandwidth to record a video signal. Even a large roll of tape only held about
four minutes of program. To solve this problem, a spinning head was developed. Now, instead of
moving the tape at a high speed, the record and play heads moved at a high speed and the tape moved
very slowly.
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