Editing Ultraman (1966 TV series) (section)

===Filming===
To keep production costs from going over budget, the series was filmed on 16mm stock and optical effects on 35mm. This met the network's requirement for making new episodes on a fast-paced production schedule, due to filming starting in March 1966 for July premiere. The production crew were separated into three teams, subdivided into separate live-action filming and special effects filming groups. TBS and TPC originally agreed to air ''Ultraman'' on July 17, but TBS delayed it by one week in order to cover the spot originally intended for the final episode of ''Ultra Q'', which was pulled from the broadcast schedule due to not featuring any monsters. TBS also wanted to beat the release of Fuji Television's  similarly themed ''[[Ambassador Magma]]''.{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=120}} Though production on ''Ultraman'' was proceeding well enough, it was falling behind to meet the premiere date. After meetings between TBS, Tsuburaya Productions, and sponsors, they decided to produce the ''Ultraman Eve Festival'', a live TV special intended to introduce Ultraman to viewers that would air on July 10. This was also done to help the crew catch up and finish the premiere episode. The special was retitled ''The Birth of Ultraman: An Ultraman Premiere Celebration''.{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=124}} Kunio Miyauchi, who composed the music for ''Ultra Q'', was brought back to compose the music for ''Ultraman''. The lyrics to the show's opening theme music were written by [[Hajime Tsuburaya]] (credited as Koichi Fuji).{{sfn|Ragone|2007|p=120}}