From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Technical Knowledge
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Exploring the action-safe area
From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Technical Knowledge
Exploring the action-safe area
Richard: So in our last module we talked about making sure that the frame was how you wanted it, because you can't really crop after the fact. Robbie: Yeah. Richard: Now I think more importantly and closely related is that not everything you shoot is going to show up on every single screen. We have this area called Action Safe and explain that, you do a lot of broadcast television work. Robbie: I do, and Action Safe has, well, a couple of uses, right? The first thing is that you know back in the day--I say that you know, not too long ago. Richard: Nostalgia Robbie: Nostalgia, we still have it, but it's less, it's this idea of overscan. And what that basically means is that the actual image that's displayed on a television set through broadcast signal was actually bigger than the actual frame of the TV itself right, because you don't want to see the edges of the actual image. And because of that sometimes say you know somebody may be walking towards this side of the screen, if they…
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