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to the big screen
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[Martha Wilson] “yeah but I don’t have that option here. what does scanning back to film mean? is it expensive”
As noted earlier in this thread, a film print can run upwards of $20,000 when you include color correction, etc… You can contact CineFilm here in Atlanta as they do this very procedure and they have two Final Cut Pro workstations in house. https://www.cinefilmlab.com
You said you were not happy with the quality of your DVD earlier. We have no idea how you created that DVD. If you want a high quality disc, I recommend BitVice from Innobits to give you the highest quality MPEG-2 for the disc. This will give you the highest quality standard def image for DVD.
You can also create a BluRay disc using Compressor to create the MPEG-2 file and then Adobe Encore to create a simple “Play Only” BluRay disc. If you want a full menu, then use DoStudio from NetBlender (Windows only).
For about $250 you can pick up an Apple TV and play back a 720p movie that is the same quality as a BluRay disc. You create the Apple TV file using Compressor.
When we screen our projects in a movie theater or on a large screen we either play it back off BluRay disc or from DVCPro HD tape via our Panasonic 1400 VTR. In both cases, the image quality is outstanding. In fact our short film was played back in a full sized Regal Cinemas theater a few years ago playing off our old Panny 1200A VTR and it looked just like a film, even the theater manager and projectionist were impressed with the quality. We shot that film in 24 and 25p.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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First of all, I want to say thank you for all of your invaluable information. You guys are amazing. I’m in Merida Mexico. Forget digital cinema. My movie looks great because I shot it with an HVX200, 720/24p, edited with FCP. Cute little story, incredible scenery/backdrop (¡viva Mexico!) etc… Also made DVDs using DVD Studio Pro. Which look terrible on the big screen. Tomorrow I’m going to the theatre with my MacBook Pro, and the QT movie (which looks good, not as good as it does in fcp but tons better than the DVD) and see if we can’t put it up like that. I’ll look into getting the Apple Tv. That may be a viable solution where I am. Again, can’t tell y’all how much I appreciate the wise and varied advice.
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I have to throw and in a couple of more reasons for an Apple TV.
One thing that I don’t think has been mentioned is the fact that you can train the projectionist on the Apple TV quickly. And if something goes wrong they can just pull the plug and restart the Apple TV, much like they can power-cycle a VTR. This is not the case with a MacBook. Also if you put a nice head and tail on your movie, they can switch to another source so the viewers will never see the Apple TV Interface.
Also, if someone “walks off” with your Apple TV, you are only out $250, instead of thousands for a MacBook or MB Pro. I think Apple should actually create a “pro” version of the Apple TV with a projection interface. I think they would sell well.
Regarding color correction, if you have a bit of time I would find a few typical shots (dark shot, medium shot, lightest shot, and balanced scene in your movie and do a number of different gamma corrections (midtones) to create a test strip so to speak. Mark them well, even throw in a screen capture of the scopes and load them up on the Apple TV then play them in the theater and see which one gives the best look. Then based on the scopes of the best correction, do a global correction pass on your movie to match. It will not be perfect, but will be watchable, and won’t cost you much time or money.
– T.
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Hi Martha,
you mentioned the QT doesn’t look as good as in FCP. Well it should be identical. Make sure you have qt preferences set to high quality video, but it should look he same. It is just duplicating the same media with your effects added.
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I will do this. Thanks for telling me.
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With the apple tv, do you just put the QT movie on there? What’s the procedure? I’ve never worked with one.
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[Martha Wilson] “With the apple tv, do you just put the QT movie on there? What’s the procedure? I’ve never worked with one.
“Use Compressor to create the appropriate Apple TV file.
Drag it into Apple TV
Select and play.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR Apple Color Training DVD available now!
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Thanks, will do.
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One thing we should mention, an Apple TV acts like an iPod. You install the Apple TV on your network, either wired or wireless, and then you’ll access it through iTunes.
You can also “sync” your itunes library with the Apple TV, and even stream from your iTunes library over a network, but in your case it seems a little unnecessary.
I hope this helps,
– T.
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it did help, thanks.
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