Synopsis:

The series follows Buffy Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), the latest in a succession of young women known as "Vampire Slayers", or simply "Slayers". Slayers are chosen by fate to battle against vampires, demons and other forces of darkness. Buffy wants to live a normal life, but learns to embrace her destiny as the series progresses. Like previous Slayers, Buffy is aided by a Watcher, who guides, teaches and trains her. Unlike her predecessors, she surrounds herself with loyal friends who become known as the "Scoobies". The show primarily takes place in the fictional setting of Sunnydale, a small Southern California city that is located on a "Hellmouth"; a portal "between this reality and the next," and a convergence point of mystical energies.[13] Because of this, supernatural creatures and beings with magical powers, both good and evil, are drawn to Sunnydale, or rise from below ground to menace the town and the world.

Intentions:

The purpose of this project is to restore the original color from the original 4:3 aspect ratio series to the botched broadcast widescreen version with some improvements and also fix some of the wrong takes used and the bad framing for certain scenes. This is a very long and meticulous process going scene by scene to re-adjust the color and brightness/contrast to match the original as closely as possible. Certain scenes may not be 100% accurate but it's close enough. Night scenes now look like they take place at night and underground sewers is appropriately dark like the original and not lit up like a Christmas tree. The first two episodes "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and "The Harvest" is available.

Change List:

- retime the color to match the original 1997 broadcast. - replaced certain scenes with the correct take from the 1997 broadcast.

Other Sources:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 DVD