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My first 35mm shoot and FCP
Some advice please. My client wants to shoot on 35mm. I’ve told him it will need to be telecined, but I must admit i’ve never dealt with footage from film before.
Can the lab telecine to file on a hard drive? Or will they do it to tape? If it’s to file then will every shot be a seperate file to whatever codec we choose? Will there be timecode? If it’s to tape should it be HDCAM (I’ll hire the VTR for capture via MXO2)? Or could it be HDCAM then to another tape format – DVCPro? DVCam?
and finally (phew) being in the UK if they telecine to tape will it be at 25 frames a second thus I’d capture as 25?Thanks in advance
Dan
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6 Replies
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The best way to approach 35mm is to decide how you will finish, and work your way backwards.
What will you deliver (both sound and picture)? That will help you decide the workflow.
It used to be that there was essentially one workflow for film, but now there are hundreds of possibilities, so a definitive answer depends on the end product.
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I’m thinking it would be HDCAM
Dan Atkinson
Creative Director
MediaBaby
Manchester, UK
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[Dan Atkinson] “Can the lab telecine to file on a hard drive? Or will they do it to tape? If it’s to file then will every shot be a seperate file to whatever codec we choose? Will there be timecode?”
This all depends on the lab. Many labs can deliver whatever and however you want. Some can only deliver a few specific ways. The lab you choose can tell you what they can do, and what each option costs.
Arnie
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I worked on a movie that was processed at Cinefilm, Atlanta, and the telecine was to HDCAM. Then the HDCAM was converted to Apple ProRes files for editing (through an AJA Kona card I presume). Then the film edited with ProRes for a nice image, and after editing will recapture from HDCAM, then finish color corrections, titles and output.
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Asking here won’t get you your answers. You need to talk to your client and the lab/transfer facility to find out what they are planning to do, and what they are capable of doing.
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Ok guys. Thanks for you answers
Dan
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