From: Sam Wells (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Jan 13 2004 - 08:38:54 PST
> much of my experience in filmmaking is self-taught, so
> i am curious: how would one a/b roll a super-8 film?
The same way you'd A/B roll 16 or 35mm film.
Whether or not you can find a lab now that could contact print from S8
A&B rolls, I'm not the one to ask...
> i primarily hear a/b roll used to describe old news
> footage, and i'm not sure how it would apply to
> narrative film (instead of news broadcasts).
The term "B roll" used in news & docs has nothing much to do with
preparing originals for printing, although that might be where the
phrase comes from.... "A roll would be the 'main subject images' -
Geraldo doing a stand up for the camera holding an AK47, "B roll" would
be possible inserts like everyone nearby ducking behind steel doors....
-Sam
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