3:2 Pull-Down - An approach to recording NTSC video (30 Frames per Second) from film footage shot at 24 FPS.  Every 5 video frames comes from 4 frames of the original film, by alternately recording 2 video fields from one film frame, then 3 video fields from the next film frame, as shown in this diagram:

Video Frame	1		2		3		4		5
Video Field	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b
Film Frame	1		2			3		4

Related Terms: Fields, Interlaced Video.

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