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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!"

Animazement

13 July 2007

This month in The American Interest: The new wave of computer animated films are mastering the art of believable realism.

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The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)

This week in Slant Magazine: With solid performances, a great jazz score by Kenyon Hopkins, and a virtual clinic in how to do black-and-white cinematography thanks to Eugene Shuftan's camerawork, The Hustler reaffirms your faith in the movies.

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The Hustler (1961) ~ directed and produced by Robert Rossen; written by Sydney Carroll and Rossen; based on the novel by Walter S. Tevis; cinematography by Eugene Shuftan; edited by Dede Allen; original music by Kenyon Hopkins; with Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott ~ The Hustler: Collector's Edition DVD, in stores June 12.

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