Things I Like: Land of Confusion
Sep. 7th, 2022 03:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinturtleAt the end of last month, eight VCR-era Professionals vids by Katharine Scarritt were posted at the Internet Archive. One was Land of Confusion, which the notes indicate has been a highly regarded vid in the fandom. I can see why. The recording posted at IA is badly damaged, but the excellence of the vid is still evident. There is a wonderful sense of movement throughout, due partly to the clip choice and partly to the timing of the clips. The latter, which I'm sure must have been difficult to control using tape, is particularly impressive.
The degraded state of the recording and the great work underneath make me itch to recut this vid using the digital copies of the episodes that I use for my own vids. According to Fanlore, however, Katharine Scarritt passed away earlier this year, so there is nobody whose permission I could ask for that project. It's possible I may still do it for my own enjoyment, but it is a big undertaking and a fiddly one. I've puttered around a bit, testing the feasibility, and I've found something curious. The audio of the transcribed file is slightly faster than the digital version of the song Land of Confusion. Yet the video clips move slightly slower than those drawn from my digital copies of the episodes, taking longer to get from their first frame to their last. The latter, in particular, would make it difficult to do a perfectly faithful recut, and if I am the only person who would ever see it, I'm not sure it would be worth the headaches.
ETA: Good news! I may be granted permission for a recut by the person now responsible for Katharine Scarritt's works.
The degraded state of the recording and the great work underneath make me itch to recut this vid using the digital copies of the episodes that I use for my own vids. According to Fanlore, however, Katharine Scarritt passed away earlier this year, so there is nobody whose permission I could ask for that project. It's possible I may still do it for my own enjoyment, but it is a big undertaking and a fiddly one. I've puttered around a bit, testing the feasibility, and I've found something curious. The audio of the transcribed file is slightly faster than the digital version of the song Land of Confusion. Yet the video clips move slightly slower than those drawn from my digital copies of the episodes, taking longer to get from their first frame to their last. The latter, in particular, would make it difficult to do a perfectly faithful recut, and if I am the only person who would ever see it, I'm not sure it would be worth the headaches.
ETA: Good news! I may be granted permission for a recut by the person now responsible for Katharine Scarritt's works.
