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Advice on Varicam to 4:3 SD finish
They’re shooting 720p on Varicam… final product delivery is SD on Digibeta. So it will be shot with 4:3 in mind. We don’t have much experience with Varicam – but I’m guessing:
Varicam SD downconvert out over SDI to Digibeta (probably set to cut frame) with timcode. Load Digibeta as new master @ 30fps and edit as a video job. From what I understand the Digi will look like 24fps with 3:2 pulldown? There’s no talk of ever doing a 720p master, but the timecode on the Digi would match the DVCPRO tapes?
We could also load Firewire 720p into Final Cut – but having to rent the deck, it would be harder to make rough cut tapes.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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2 Replies
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Charlie,
I guess it all depends on what decks you have; if you have a Digibeta deck, the workflow you describe is perfect. You’ll just need a DVPRO100 deck for the time it takes to downconvert to the Digibeta master; SD-SDI, Sidecut, timecode (really only relevent if you’ll ever conform the HD master) and digital audio will yield 4×3 master of highest quality, resembling what a film origional would look like after telecine and with the sound already synced up!
JS
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Or you could work with the DVCPRO HD footage, master to DVCPRO HD and off your master do a D-Beta SDI downconversion. That way you would have both an HD and SD master. And eliminate the cost of the D-Beta dubs (but incur the cost of rental or purchase of the DVCPRO HD deck). I quese it is six of one half dozen of the other type of thing.
Scott Davis
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