Author: [log in to unmask] Date: 12/15/94 10:45 AM [Editor's note: This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted above, and not by Jeremy Butler ([log in to unmask]).] Mike Kudreiko writes: "JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THE MIC THING. THERE'S MARKINGS ON THE GROUND GLASS OF THE FILM CAMERA VIEWER THAT GIVE "SAFE AREAS". ONE OF THESE IS FOR PROJECTION (ACADEMY). FULL FRAME IS THE ENTIRE FIELD OF VIEW THROUGH THE EYEPIECE OF THE CAMERA. A MICROPHONE MAY BE SEEN IN FULL FRAME BUT NOT INTO THE PROJECTION SAFE AREA THEREFORE NOT SEEN IN THEATRICAL RELEASE. BEACAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECT RATIO OF TELEVISION, IT BEING MORE VERTICAL THAN 1:85 (STANDARD 35MM PROJECTION), YOU SOMETIME SEE THINGS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE SEEN." Sometimes, though, those visible booms still sneak into theatrical release. I can recall several examples, though the first that caught my attention were in the early 1970s--THIEVES LIKE US and WALKING TALL. --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN