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Mixing HDV and HD footage?
Hello,
We’ve been shooting 1080psf with a Sony HDCam for the past few weeks. That footage then comes into the system through the Kona 2 card at 23.98 and DVCPro HD compression. This weekend there will be three HDR-FX1 cameras shooting B-Roll for this project. So, is it going to create problems integrating the HDV footage into a 23.98 timeline with the rest of the HD footage?
Thanks,
Brent -
3 Replies
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As long as you capture them the same way, you should be OK. You will see a difference, but I have seen HDCAM and HDV mixed together with decent results.
All after Color Correction, of course.
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Yes, you’re going to have problems.
The Fx1 doesn’t shoot 24p for starters. You’ll have to convert the 60i (or 50i if you’re shooting PAL) video over.
What I’d do is convert the footage, and do so in an uncompressed environment as HDV footage is already too compressed and doesn’t take lightly to further compression. I might even dub it back to HDCAM as then you can take it back into FCP with your DVCproHD codec for offline and conform back to uncompressed at the end on an online suite, or if that’s not how you’re working, I’d be editing the project uncompressed to preserve the fragile HDV.
Graeme
– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects and Standards Conversion for FCP
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Thanks for the replies.
I think what we’ll be doing is shooting the HVR-Z1U at 25p, import the HDV footage uncompressed, slow it down by 4% (it’s all MOS) and then output 23.98 to an HDCAM tape, which would then serve as our master.
Convoluted, yes, but I think it will work.
Thanks again,
Brent
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