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Drop Frame

On the Art and Culture of Film

drop frame, n. (drop frām) 1. video production: the type of time-based signifier in editing that compensates for the NTCS (North American) color coding system, which runs at 29.97 frames per second rather than the identified 30, by removing or "dropping" two frames every minute save the tenth. The PAL (European) "colour" system runs at exactly 30 frames per second and thus requires neither drop frame nor non-drop frame distinctions; it's just editing over there.

From the Old English verb dropa, meaning "to traverse the abyss betwixt one's self and ye blessed Earthe," and the Old Norse verb frama or fremja, meaning "Stop your looting, Vikings, and get back on the freakin' boat!"

The Year of "Crash": Oscar Stats 2006

08 March 2006

Will Wins, 2006:
.792 (19/24)

Will Wins since 2004:
.847 (61/72)

Best picture since 2004:
.333 (1/3)
~ "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)

Best director since 2004:
.667 (2/3)
~ Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" (2005)
~ Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)

Best screenplays since 2004:
.833 (5/6)
~ Paul Haggis, "Crash" (2005)
~ Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain" (2005)
~ Charlie Kaufman, et. al., "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)
~ Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, "Sideways" (2004)
~ Sophia Coppola, "Lost in Translation" (2003)

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