Re; A Few Things

[Brian.Cady@turner.com]

     ^^my guess is the tape was edited unfaithfully to what actually 
     ^^happened. It's not the first time that's happened. Some of the 
     ^^woodstock film is put together incorrectly. A/B suite editors are 
     ^^more concerned with having a 'nice'-looking product than being 
     ^^faithful to the original raw footage.
     
        As a tape editor, I would have to agree.  As I said in a previous 
     message, i think the version shown in the film is two versions, 
     married at the point of Pete's slow-mo jump.  The concert was probably 
     shot with multiple film cameras and edited later instead of being 
     switched live during the concert.  As the editors and Stein went over 
     the material later someone undoubtedly said, "look at that great shot 
     of Pete waving his arms around! We've got to use that!" and edited it 
     in despite it making no sense musically.  In the main, film editors 
     are trained to concentrate on striking visuals, while audio editing 
     remains the province of the sound editor (a wholly different 
     function).
        There are other points that may have been shot later (I'm 
     suspicious of that shot where Roger walks forward through the lasers 
     and I assume the laser lights were shot later as well and edited in).  
     To me it makes more sense that the inconsistencies between music and 
     visuals in WGFA are caused by editing in shots rather than a 
     re-editing of the soundtrack.  Of course, without being in the edit 
     room, there's no way to tell.
        Still there is one strong hint.  To achieve slow-motion in a film 
     one must either have the lab stretch-print the film (which would make 
     the image jerky) or, as in TKAA, you would have to shoot the film at a 
     higher rate of speed AT THE TIME THE EVENT WAS RECORDED.  Since this 
     eats up a lot of film, real slow-motion is rarely used in 
     documentaries unless you are sure of exactly when the event is going 
     to occur.  Of course they could have rolled the cameras just before 
     the lights came up and captured Pete's slide on tape, but I would bet 
     the shot was staged to give the film an effective climax.  Was anyone 
     on the list in attendance at Shepperton that might could say whether 
     they saw this with their own eyes?