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When to capture DVCPro50 at 23.98fps and when to at 29.97
I have a project that was shot on DVCPro50 at 24p…this will go out to DVD when done for commercial use. What are the pros and cons of captureing at 23.98 and captureing at 29.97? Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
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Depends on your delivery requirements. If you are going out to tape for final delivery, capture and edit 29.97. DVD or web or direct film out, 23.98.
Shane
Alokut Productions
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This project is both going out to tape for backup and and to DVD for distribution. Any more suggestions.
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Actually it is going out to DVCPro50 as a master and for TV broadcast as well as commercial DVD sales…..
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In my experience it really depends on how it was shot. If they shot it at 24 and used advanced pulldown then you are better off removing it and editing at 23.98. If they used 2:3 Pulldown then you are cool at 29.97.
The advanced pulldown will playback at 29.97 – but it looks very odd – so I’d recommend you take it to 24.
I just did a project where they used multiple cameras and they weren’t all set the same. It made for some messy fixes at the end of it all.
-Chris
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[Chris Irving] “It made for some messy fixes at the end of it all.”
Man, that sounds like a joyful process.
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yeah it was not fun – I think this format is the clear winner in SD for almost any of the work I do, especially keying and such as it can do 24fps. But the caveat is that it leaves alot up to the operator on the day of the shoot, so if you are just doing post – cross your fingers.
Another time – with only one camera, the cameras settings reset to 60i when they swapped out the batteries, and the operator didn’t notice until I called them after recieving the dailes.
If anyone knows any hard-fast rules for working with these issues, I’m all ears.
-Chris
Chris Irving
Director / Motion Graphics – VFX Artist
https://www.chrisirving.com
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