Christopher Wright
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My current favorite is 5-Alarm. Great music in the genres you mentioned.
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I would throw Compressor in the Trash and empty it.
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Actually he said “film festival circuit”, not a single film festival. I have had films shown at over 20 film festivals (from NYC to LA and everywhere in between)over the last 5 years, and not a single one has offered Blu-Ray or HDCAM playback. It is always best to check with the individual festival screeners though, as sometimes they will bring in special projectors, tapedecks, (and hopefully soon, without having to ask!) Blu-ray players, especially if a bunch of their filmmakers specifically ask for it. This year the Santa Fe Film Festival is doing just that. Most of that info is not included in WAB listings, you need to contact the film festival directly. And I can agree with you, seeing true HD on a film screen naturally blows away any SD format. In a perfect world, that is the only format I would want my films shown in as well. However, if you really want to see your film played at several film festivals across the country you rarely have that luxury.
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Yes Blu-Ray is the way to go for film festivals (and cost!), and most venues should at least be able to get their hands on a blu-ray player a lot easier than an HDCAM deck! I would still ask the film venue specifically what their capabilities are though, regardless.
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I would be very wary of spending all this extra money to output to an HDCAM tape if you are only submitting to a film festival. VERY, VERY few film festivals have the capability of playing back even Blu-Ray disks, much less having HDCAM decks available for festival playback. Most still only have Betacam and DVD playback capabilities. Definitely check out the exhibiting capabilities of the film festival you have been accepted in before making the HDCAM plunge!
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Thanks for the clarification on the two cameras Jan. As always your professional input is much appreciated. I had already looked at all the product info (including the link that Steve provided), but of course the specific answers to the questions I needed weren’t there. Since these cameras are your “babies” I thought I would go straight to the source! I am still wondering after you encode from the AVC to DVCPROHD codec in your Windows software transcoder, if the audio rate comes out at 48kz or 32kz. If 48, it should indeed work well with the HVX FCP workflow.
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So what’s wrong with outputting the raw footage to a DVCProHD tape?
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So nobody has tried using the Panny Windows software transcoder from AVC PH to P2?? What kind of quality (comparatively?) are you seeing with the footage??
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10 bit really only comes into play if you are doing a lot of compositing, motion graphics or using a bunch of filters, as that kind of workflow will justify the increased file sizes and render times. Or if you are working with Hires files to begin with.
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Thanks for the added clarification. I haven’t used or bought an add on for the Panny cameras yet, and only need a 1.6 X for a very specific gig, where I won’t be panning or zooming at all. It is good to hear your real life feedback on using them.
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