Another interesting associative distinction between film and video arises from the fact that for a long time video was used only for studio-shot sequences, while location work was entirely on film. Old BBC series like _Z -Cars_ and _Softly, Softly_, familiar to British tele viewer in the '60s and '70s, cut unabashedly from videod interiors to filmed exteriors. As the character exited and emerged into the street, the image definition and sound quality changed radically. The interiors were always clearly sets ; while the exteriors were shot in the mean streets of Birmingham or Stepney. Oddly, no one noticed. Andrew Horn Chair, Department of Literature and Language The University of the South Pacific Suva FIJI