I have a question about 35mm to PAL:
I have with me 35mm (24fps) materials telecined to DVCAM (25fps). The irony is, it was transferred at 24 frames per second speed (wasn’t my doings!), although advisably it should be transferred at 25fps to DVCAM.
In FCP’s timeline, I’ve captured (via DV-PAL settings) and sync-up the audio that was recorded on a DAT at 24fps. Somehow, it maintains sync, even checking it way after a 3 minutes duration clip! No problems.
For your info, I did not do a “conform 25fps to 24fps” in this edit.
All cinematools database are in sync with the burn-in keycode info, frame-to-frame.
1) What kind of problems will I face when conforming back to 35mm?
2) I’ve tried to create a cutlist and notice about +-1 frame difference in some cuts. Was this one of the issue I will face?
3) If I do a “conform 25fps to 24fps” in FCP, the cinematools database WILL NOT maintain it’s “frame-to-frame” relationship with the burn-in timecode. True?
4) Audio Pros haunts me with “FCP can’t get this to sync when goes back to film”. Can I prove them wrong?
Any advise from the Film to PAL pros is needed. Thanks.