Proper settings for a film out

[Shane Ross]

The best resolution you can get at 24PN…24 full frames per second.

Shane

Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net

[Uli Plank]

I suppose Zacklg is referring to the image processing.

My two cents: this is highly dependent on your scene and lighting, it’s very hard to give any general advice. In my impression the standard settings of the HVX are already pretty ‘cinematic’ as opposed to HDV camcorders. You might want to reduce the edge sharpening a tad further, but from then on you need very good knowledge of all the options, a good field monitor plus waveform/vectorscope.

It pays to make yourself familiar with these possibilities, since the narrower latitude of CCD plus the 8 bit recording limit the possibilities of tweaking in post, as we are used to in traditional film. Try to adjust to your intended ‘look’ before shooting as far as possible.

Regards,

Uli

Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.

[Gary Adcock]

Well
Let me add that there are way too many factors involved to answer a question like this online, this is where a post production specialist is needed. If you are doing a film out, who is doing it? What do they say? What Stock are you delivering on? Is there other content to be added?
Extra care will need to be taken with any number of the camera adjustments, not to mention maintaining critical focus when you are planning delivery to a big screen.

During NAB I lead a session on the HD to Filmout Process with panelists from PlasterCity and Laser Pacific covering this very subject. Steve Beres from Plaster showed the very first film out tests I know of done with the HVX200, simultaneously done at the same time as the Launch Event for the HVX200 last December.

The results were impressive to say the least, even with what was still a prerelease version of the camera.

gary adcock
Studio37
HD & Film Consultation
Post and Production Workflows
Chicago, IL
gary@studio37.com

[Zacklg]

understood. all certainly should be accounted for, was just offering a first move in breakdancing. curiousity i guess. like if you wanna get a terrence malick look try ABC. Fincher-y try… you know little leads. thank you all though. love this space creative cow.

daryn y zak