how do you pronounce telecine?

[anticowboyism]

Just wondering.
And this is not a poll.

[miketree]

It's pronounced T E L E C I N E !



Sorry!!

[Cliffgibbon]

Hi

I believe the correct pronunciation is 'Tel-E-Sin-E'

I guess it might differ region to region, country to country, etc.

[Treebeard]

Pronounciation and definition


Telecine - (pronounced "tella-sinny" or "tella-kinny") The process of transferring film to video, most often to digital video. Roll by roll, the best available film prints are loaded on a machine where their images are projected onto a special CRT (cathode ray tube). From the CRT the video signal is sent through a complex series of electronic filters on its way to videotape. When requested by the studio, a colorist (the person operating the telecine facility) may also transfer the audio soundtrack simultaneously. However, due to special audio gear needs - gear that is usually not part of a telecine arsenal - the task of final soundtrack synchronization (or even restoration) usually falls upon personnel and facilities specializing in this.

Telecine may be considered a "creative" process because value judgments must be made by the telecine colorist. During a film transfer, such judgements involve shot-by-shot brightness, contrast and color hue adjustments, among other things. For this reason a given production's original director and / or producer(s) may opt their own involvement at this stage. When directors or producers are not involved - as is most often the case - the "look" of the result is solely up to the colorist.

[anticowboyism]

oh my, that's such a silly word now. I have been reading it Tele-sign. oops.

Try saying "telecine facility" ten times fast!