BEST IN SHOW takes us on the road, where we meet the people whose blue-blooded canine companions will be competing in the Mayflower Kennel Club's annual dog show. IN SHOW has the look of a documentary that was shot on 16mm and then blown up to 35mm for theatrical presentation. This is not to say that BEST IN SHOW looks bad, just a little rough edged when compared to higher budget fare. Colors are somewhat less saturated than they appear in higher budget films, but they are solid and completely stable.
Flesh tones look just fine.
Blacks appear reasonably accurate, while the flat documentary lighting keeps the image from having impressive depth. Clean dual layer authoring keeps digital compression artifacts at bay throughout the presentation. Although BEST IN SHOW does include a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack, the mix is primarily monaural. Like any documentary that features people talking for its entire length, the center channel sees ninety nine percent of the activity. Perhaps a bit of music creeps into the outlying channels.