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  Outputting 720/24p for HD Broadcast in the US & Europe .:. 24P vs 30P

  Posted by Jared Scott on September 11, 2009 at 3:02 pm

  I’m shooting 720/24p with an HMC-150. All the footage will be edited in a 23.98 timeline.

  This is for both HD broadcast in the US and PAL broadcast in Europe.

  Will the outputs/mastering be problematic in any way… It is essential that this has the ‘film look’ (also shooting with 35 adapter and primes)

  I have read a lot about 24 vs 30P – it seems it is a workflow thing. We have already shot some stuff in 24. Could make the switch to 30P if it will be a problem for a broadcast master (both in the US and Europe)

  I would also like to include some slow motion. Should I shoot that at 720/60p then import directly into 23.98 timeline – or is there a conversion I need to do — or a better way to get slo-mo — It seems the 24p slo mo isn’t ideal…

  thanks.
  Jared

  Bouke Vahl replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Bouke Vahl

  September 12, 2009 at 8:41 am

  Jared,
  If you are shooting 24p for the ‘film look’, forget it.
  the DOF will give you the film look, as well as a zillion other things.
  Added pulldown is a trick that has been invented to convert film to NTSC video, and has nothing to do with a theatre experience.

  Also, forget about pulldown in PAL. The whole idea behind 24P in video is to:
  a: be able to go to Film without speed change (except the 23.976 to 24)
  b: be able to go to NTSC with pulldown
  c: be able to go to PAL with a slight speedup (24 to 25)

  If you are going to add 30 fps to the mix, you need a very expensive / difficult / quality loosing conversion.
  (Especially the mix will make things very hard)

  Don’t do it, stick to 24 and play out @ 25 to Pal

  Bouke

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