Edit from DVDs, online from film scans?

[Bob Flood]

Hi

from your post it seesm you are dealing with a couple of issues, the first being that you have no easliy identifiable relationship betwixt the DVD’s and the “original films”

maybe i am not fully understanding your workflow, but the second issue seems to be that the DVD’s are probably made from a videotape of some kind, DV you said?

so you may be only able to make your show from edited video masters, rather than re scanning film negative, as trying to trace back through the video masters to the original films is gonna be very time consuming.

now if the dvd’s were made from a videotape OF A FILM PRINT, like a 16 or 35 mm optical sound print, then you can scan that print or sections thereof using the methods people have suggested.

However if a dvd was made from a videotape which was made from videotape transfers of film,(tape to tape editing) you should endeavor to seek out the edited video masters, and use some form of digital enlargement/enhancement to integrate the material into your program.

hope this helps

“I like video because its so fast!”

Bob Flood
Greer & Associates, Inc.

[Will Macneil]

Here’s my two cents on this:

Offline is cheap, online isn’t. So, having cut many docs using non-timecoded archive sources, I would suggest the following:

Cut your film with the DVD archive. Don’t worry too much about getting any reliable timecode from the originals. When you’re nearing the end of the offline, order up the archive masters. By this I mean, the footage you need with handles. Get it all transferred to DVCAM with good, reliable timecode that will match whatever you’re conforming with, and eyematch it in your offline. This was you make sure you get the right shots and you got into the online with a rock solid EDL.

You’d be surprised how fast you can eyematch once you get skilled with it.

W

Will MacNeil
Film Editor
London

[Stu Siegal]

If cost is an issue, why not just plug your dvd player into the deck of your choice, record away, and then capture that tape – which will have tc – and use that for your edit. If this is all budget allows, it’s a down & dirty way to access the footage.

http://www.verite-media.com

[Stu Siegal]

If cost is an issue, why not just plug your dvd player into the deck of your choice, record away, and then capture that tape – which will have tc – and use that for your edit. If this is all budget allows, it’s a down & dirty way to access the footage.

http://www.verite-media.com