Bill Moore
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Wow, thanks for the input everyone. I did test the WMV in Windows Media Player on a PC, and it also looks washed out there. I just can’t understand why this process isn’t more or less WYSIWYG… very frustrating. That “Properties” tip was super helpful, I never realized you could control so many properties in there. Too bad it was all stripped out in QuickTime X. Makes me feel like Apple is abandoning us. 🙁
Bill Moore
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If this is going to be viewed mainly on computer monitors or projected, you probably should have shot the footage in progressive instead of interlaced. Because it is interlaced, you are sort of stuck with that, and need to work with the same field dominance the whole way through unless you run the footage through some sort of de-interlacing filter/software. Just setting the field dominance to “none” won’t de-interlace your footage. It will just confuse your nle and make worse interlacing artifacts. Hope that helps.
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I unchecked “de-interlace video” in powerDVD and the problem went away. So i assume most windows based DVD software is expecting only interlaced footage on dvds? If that is the case, i guess i will have to make all of the video backgrounds in my menus interlaced… What a pain.
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Its a video background, 720×480, 30p, moving image buttons, each button has a higlight around it from an overlay file. When the user selects between buttons in powerdvd or win med player, the screen seems to almost flicker for a second, and looks blurry and crummy. Thats the best way i can describe it. It looks beautiful on macs and tvs… Just looks like crap on windows. Do windows dvd players have problems playing dvds with 30p content? I know the dvd is interlaced 29.97, but maybe there is something with the 30p flagging? I have no idea.
Bill Moore
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Thanks for the advice. Would you recommend some ND in those gels? If so, what level would you imagine?
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Thank you all for your suggestions and advice. I don’t have an extremely tight deadline per se. I need to have a conversation with our new VP of Marketing about the videos, and I want to get her on board with a better way of doing things. Unfortunately, since videos are not a big part of our business, and we are not a huge company, I highly doubt I will be able to convince anyone to hire a full time video writer. I think they are expecting me, the editor, to do the job ultimately… along with shooting, graphics, web design and a bunch of other stuff that shouldn’t really be my responsibility, but that’s the market.
So I need to find a way to get up to speed as quickly as possible. I have had script writing classes, and have written scripts, but they have always been narrative fiction, never business type videos. I’m pretty sure I can do it, but what I really need to see is some examples of well written videos in this field. Does any one have any examples of some well written corporate videos? I bought that book, thanks for the tip. And thanks for the explanation Bill, I will use alot of that in my discussion with the new Marketing director.
So if any one has any good examples of well written videos, send em my way!!!
Bill Moore
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Thank you! This is exactly the advice I was looking for, and I agree completely. I was grasping for the words I needed to explain this to my boss, and now you have armed me with some powerful talking points. I guess I still have the tough job of figuring out a better method of getting these written! The scripts have been written by other people in the company, and then handed to me to make a video. I don’t think they will hire an experienced video writer, so I will either have to try to get the writers to understand this concept, or try to take this responsibility myself… Either way, I’m going to need to figure out a better way to present the information. Ugh. I’m not a writer dammit… I’m an editor. Oh well. Looks like I have some work to do this weekend. Wish me luck!
Bill Moore
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Don’t use names at all. Just put “Actuall Patient” or something similar. Why does the audience need to know their names?
Bill Moore
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