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Multi Cam Edit – Mixed Timeline 24p Footage with Standard DV footage
Four camera shoot – 2 XL1’s (shooting standard DV NTSC) and 2 DVX100A’s (shooting in 24p normal). I want to have them all in synch and switch between at random in a FCP5 Timeline. What is the best scenario? I’m guessing shooting 24p normal on the DVX100a’s will do it – but just want to be sure.
Also – if a DVX100 shoots in 24p Normal mode – but I have a standard NTSC DV Deck to capture the footage into FCP5 – is there a problem? Do I need the DVX100 to use as a capture source?
Thanks!
-Spak
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4 Replies
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Roll cameras. Shoot slate or clapping hand. one clap.
Keep them rolling. When any stops it has to resync with all four. Capture all as 29.97 however. Don’t remove the pulldown if they are mixed I’d suggest.
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Jerry
how does capturing 24p footage at 29.97 in final cut effect the image or final product when you export it. does it change the way it looks at all?thanks
jimmy
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It doesn’t affect it at all, because that’s the way it’s recorded. There is no such thing as a 24p standard definition video format. The Panasonic cameras all record in 60i if they’re standard definition. The 24 frame capture of the camera end of the camcorder is padded using a pulldown pattern (either 2:3:2:3 or 2:3:3:2 depending on whether you’ve set it in “standard” or “advanced” mode) to produce 60 fields.
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Shoot went great last night. The 24p just looks a bit blurred (slow motion actually) – almost like your shooting at 30p frame rate with the XL1s. To me – this looks NOTHING like the motions of a true film stock – but it is a cool little video effect if you want to mix in some funky shots with some other more standard shots. It is most noticeable with moving action shots.
My question was more concerned with editing the mixed format timeline and having to render or do a pulldown – but there is no need to do a pulldown on the 24p stuff since it is already done in camera.
-Spak
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