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P.M. 'til midnight.
Sept. 11: Sound track recorded; ad¬
ditional editing of film.
13: 1:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M,
production concluded.
Sound track re-recorded
on video tape at noon, pre¬
viewed for client at 5:00
P.M.
15: Show telecast on 18-station
network.
The motion picture footage produced
in this schedule was edited by program
segments into modified A & B rolls for
playback on the station's two RCA filmchain projectors. Each segment was
edited to match the script or the music,
with extra footage allowed at the be¬
ginning and end of each segment to
permit leeway in making transitions.
Thus the term "modified'' is used above
in describing the A & B roll procedure;
instead of full-length leaders inserted
between segments, as is usual practice,
we left only enough frames to permit
"stopping down" the projector between
scenes. Cue-marks placed on the film
indicated when projector was to be re¬
started as a new scene approached. For
scenes with quick transitions, a pre-A
& B roll was made with both projectors
operating without a stop. Where live
insertions were to be made, both pro¬
jectors were stopped for the required
interval.

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First Video Taping Session
The first video taping session was
scheduled for after station sign-off Fri¬
day, September 9th. We had five hours
in which to rehearse and tape the show.
Because it had not been possible to testrun and check any of this taping, dif¬
ficulty was encountered in this first
production attempt. The primary prob¬
lem was with the audio. The plan had
been to pre-record the sound track then
match the video to it. But this couldn't
be done because of the late assignment
of the narrator and then the unavaila¬
bility of station facilities.
During production there was great
difficulty integrating the many music
and narration cues with the video. If
there had been more time available for
rehearsal the job could have been done.
So after two attempts we decided to
take another tack.
Saturday evening we shot on film
several of the live segments that previ¬
ously had given us trouble when taping.
And after sign-off we sync-recorded the
audio on sprocket driven magnetic
film.
Sunday and Monday we re-edited the

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