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Cutting a Theatrical Movie Trailer
Hello,
I’ve been asked to cut a theatrical movie trailer and I’d like to ask what the best work flow is to work offline. This is what I was thinking.
Theatrical Film Version:
The final print will have to be transfered to a DI and then down converted to DV for an off-line edit.
After the final trailer is approved it will be on-lined and then transfered back to Film.
I’m also wondering what the issues will be in terms of frame rates..
Digital Version:
The final print will be telecined to HD 1080P Video and down converted to DV for an offline edit. The final edit will then be on-lined at a facility and then transfered to HDSR as a master and then copies can be made in other various formats.
This is off the top of my head and need advice!
Thanks!
Carlos Berrios
Dual 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5
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What about transferring to DVCPro HD or Pro Res 1080p 23.98 and working in native frame rate, then matching back to uncompressed HD for the film out?
Warren
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I’ve cut several theatrical trailers from the original 2K DI down-converted to both Pro Res 1080p 23.98 and DVCAM, it really doesn’t matter which format it is for off-line purposes. If it’s DVCAM then I reverse telecine in Cinema Tools to 23.98 and cut with that. Just make sure you check with the lab to see what they want for their match back in regards to EDL, new graphics, reference copy and such. They will probably output both a new DI for film-out as well as an HD master from that. The other consideration you will have is audio as you will not want to work with a mixed track. What I do is get the audio post house to send me clean stereo elements of the dialogue, sound FX and music tracks separately and I sync them up in FCP and edit with those. The audio post house will have to match back to redo their mix so they will probably need EDL, OMF and reference copy as well. Just make sure you communicate clearly with them as well so as to avoid confusion. Good luck.
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DK Davis / Editor/ Post Super
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Thanks guys..! That’s exactly what I needed..
All the best,
CB
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