[Olive Green]

“I understand that the underscan / overscan problem can be dealt with by allowing for either overscan or underscan when filming” – by this I meant that I was fully aware that it is important to keep “offensive” elements out of the underscanned image. i.e. I know that it is best to make the video viewable whether it is overscanned or underscanned.

However, as I said previously – ‘this tends to mess up the composition of images’ – sometimes loosing more than 10% of the image which can make a big difference.

So really what I was asking was – “Do most projectors project overscanned or underscanned images?” – so that I can get a better idea of how the video is likely to be viewed.

Furthermore, regarding the interlaced / progressive issue that I raised – the reason I asked about this is because when i create a DVD of my work (shot, edited, and encoded as interlaced) it plays back fine on a tv monitor but has loads of very juddery and distracting noise when played back on my computer screen. I assumed this was because my computer screen is progressive and that it was a result of the conversion it has to make? I may well be wrong.

So I was asking about progressive / interlaced to avoid sending my work off to galleries only for them to play it on their computers and see the same juddery noise.

Finally, if there is a standard accepted format (underscanned / overscanned / interlaced / progressive) it makes this whole process a lot easier. Is there one?