The biggest question I have is…. is 59.94 the same as 29.97? Because, I don’t see any slo-mo on these clips but my director wants them slo-mo (maybe just added in post, but then why shoot them in 59.94 instead of 29.97 which he shot everything else at?)
So, I bring them in to my 1080p/29.97 project, and they only want to be converted to 29.97 and I am unsure as to what that does, so I am hesitant. If the director wants them at 59.94, and I am an assistant editor I just want to follow directions as best as possible.
If the clips were only meant to be slo-mo’ed in Avid, and converted them into the project frame rate in AVID isn’t a problem, then I will do it and it will make me a happy camper.
Why the need to shoot 59.94 if it wasn’t going to be slo-mo in camera?
Also, making a separate project for this footage seems crazy to share to my editor (to tell him to open this specific bin with a different frame rate).