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Outputting for TV Commercials
Hi there, I’m new to this forum, just here with a quick question.
I’m an independent producer and my last gig was making a series of web-commercials for a company which we output as quicktime files and as a DVD for them.
Now they are looking for a shorter version that they can use as a broadcast-quality TV commercial.
Does anyone have any recommendations about what quality and format is the standard for this–and how such a thing should be made ready to deliver to a broadcaster? I did a bit of looking around, and there seems to be some debate about it. (Would a mini-dv tape be acceptable that they can then dub onto a digi-beta? Is that how it goes?)
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3 Replies
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Thet’s entirely between you and the people you’re delivering to. You need to ask them. No matter what we all say, it will be the wrong answer for one or more of your outlets.
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If they gonna broadcast Digi-beta, give them 8 or 10b uncompressed. If you can not print it to video because you have not a Digi-Beta desk, you can give then the file in a data-DVD. As long as you are talking about a commercial you don’t gonna get a too big file even with those standard. Then they can print to Didi-Beta or whatever other format and you will spend only few cents for the disk.
Cheers,
rafael -
Cool thanks for the input– I’m sending emails out to the broadcasters now to find out what they’re looking for. Cheers!
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