24p Process

[Dustin Barrons]

Yeah, I definitely agree with both of you regarding the 24p “phenomenom”. You know, it wasn’t so much a decision of 24p = filmic look. That’s all good and dandy and all, but not even really necessary for what I was doing. Besides, the GL2 I already own has “movie mode”, which is suppose to emulate 30p, but kinda just doubles the fields so as you do not end up with artifacts. It gives a wonderful “filmic motion” as well. Granted, it is still only small CCD’s and the contrast / chroms / gamma curves and levels aren’t of the highest quality, but, for a “low-budget filmmaker” such as myself, it is wonderful.*

*However, as a disclaimer, I will say that I strive to be well-versed in greater technologies than most “low-budget filmmakers”, and really enjoy true quality over “phenoms” any day. Unfortunately, I am broke and a still a student. But, either way…

Moreso, I felt that shooting 24p, even though I had no experience, was a better choice than 60i (for lots of keying green) and really the only choice I had. The JVC GY-HD100 does not support 30p in SD and quite frankly, my six-year old Pentium 4 Single Processor with a 2.53 CPU simply just could not handle HD. Trust me, I wish I could have shot HD 30p, but, oh well…

Now I know. And it was a very good learning experience either way. I thank both of you for the thought-provoking discussion.