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Technical film information.

Welcome to my technical film information page. Below you will see a menu of technical data on this page including; DVD and TV and video regions, BFB classifications and footage running charts. I have also included links for further information on technical training and education in the British film industry and glossaries.

LINKS

DVD REGIONS

TV & VIDEO STANDARDS

TIME=FOOTAGE CHART

CERTIFICATION

USEFUL TECHNICAL & TRAINING LINKS
www.amps.net	Association of Motion Picture Sound
www.bbctraining.com	BBC Training
www.bfi.org.uk	British Film Institute
www.bksts.com	British Kinematograph, Sound & Television Society
cinelab.com/glossary	Glossary of Motion Picture terminology (USA)
www.filmeducation.org	Film Education
www.focal.ch	Focal training & information for Europe
www.focalpress.com	The famous Focal Press technical books - Great site!
www.dolby.com	Dolby motion picture sound laboratory
www.kodak.com/go/motion	Kodak has a good film glossary.
www.lux.org.uk	The Lux Centre
www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk/	National Film & Television School
www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft	National Museum of Photography, Film & TV
www.raindance.co.uk	Independant film making, training, masterclasses and support.
www.skillsformedia.com	Skills For Media. UK media careers advice resource.
www.skillset.org	Skillset. The national training organisation for the film & TV industries.
www.technicolor.com	Technicolor Laboratories

DVD REGIONAL CODES
1	2	3	4	5	6
CANADA	JAPAN	SOUTH EAST ASIA	AUSTRALIA	RUSSIA	CHINA
USA	EUROPE	EAST ASIA	NEW ZEALAND	FORMER USSR
US TERRITORIES	SOUTH AFRICA	HONG KONG	PACIFIC ISLES	INDIAN SUBCONTINANT
	MIDDLE EAST		CETRAL AMERICA	AFRICA
			MEXICO	NORTH KOREA
			SOUTH AMERICA	MONGOLIA
			CARRIBEAN

TV & VIDEO STANDARDS
PAL 625	NTSC 525	SECAM
Phase Alternate Line	National TV Standards Authority	Séquential Couleur à Mémoire
UK	USA & CANADA	FRANCE
AUSTRALIA	JAPAN	CZECH REPUBLIC
AUSTRIA	BAHAMAS	GREECE
BELGIUM	CHILI	HAITI
BOSNIA	JAMAICA	HUNGARY (+PAL)
CHINA	SOUTH KOREA	IVORY COAST
DENMARK	SOUTH MEXICO	LUXEMBOURG (+PAL)
EIRE	PANAMA	NORTH KOREA (+NTSC)
EGYPT (+SECAM)	TAIWAN	POLAND
GERMANY	TRINIDAD	ROMANIA
HONG KONG	PUERTO RICO	RUSSIA
INDIA		ROMANIA
ITALY		SLOVAKIA
MALAYSIA
NETHERLAND
NEW ZEALAND
SINGAPORE
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWIZERLAND
THAILAND
TURKEY

PAL	625 lines 50 fields	UK STANDARD
SECAM	625 lines 50 fields	FRENCH STANDARD
NTSC	525 lines 60 fields	USA STANDARD
PAL M	525 lines 60 PAL 3.58 MHz sub-carrier	Only used in South America
PAL N	625 lines 50 PAL 3.58 MHz sub-carrier
625/525	Indicates a monochrome system (check source)
N.B.	Some SECAM countries originate in PAL (Greece (+ Greek Cyprus), Lybia, Tunisia)

35mm FOOTAGE TO TIME FORMULAE: 24fps
FOOTAGE ÷ 90 = TIME (minutes)
TIME (minutes) x 90 = FOOTAGE

FOOTAGE x 2 ÷ 3 = TIME (seconds)
TIME (seconds) x 3 ÷ 2 = FOOTAGE

FOOTAGE RUNNING CHART: 24fps
TIME	35mm	35mm	16mm	16mm
(mins)	Feet	Metres	Feet	Metres
1	90	27.43	36	10.97
5	450	137.13	180	54.86
10	900	274.32	360	109.73
15	1350	411.48	540	164.59
20	1800	584.63	720