HVX to film

[enes]

Hello,
I am shooting a short on Nov and have just been notified that it has received distribution and will be printed to 35mm.
I have heard it is better to shoot at 720p instead of 1080i when finishing on film. Does anyone have an experience with this? This is all very new to me
Thanks!

 

[William_Robinette]

1080 24p will give you the most resolution for a film transfer. That's what I would shoot on.

 

[Barry_Green]

1080/60i would be the worst choice for film.

720/24p is a great choice.

1080/24pA is the best choice.

 

[enes]

great thanks!
I didnt think there was a 1080/24pA setting for the hvx200
just the 1080/60i

 

[THoff]

There is a 1080i/24PA mode on the HVX. It embeds 24PA in a 60i stream.

 

[Barry_Green]

There is a 1080i/24PA mode on the HVX. It embeds 24PA in a 60i stream.

... and editing programs reverse that out to give you a true 1080/24p signal.

1080/24pA is about all I use anymore... I'll only go to 720pN if I have to have the card space savings, but I prefer 1080/24pA whenever possible.

 

[Harry Frishberg]

... and editing programs reverse that out to give you a true 1080/24p signal.

1080/24pA is about all I use anymore... I'll only go to 720pN if I have to have the card space savings, but I prefer 1080/24pA whenever possible.

Barry,

I was always under the impression that the HVX's native CCD size is 720 and that shooting in 1080 causes it to up-rez "in camera" with less than stellar results. I've heard that shooting in 720p and then using a higher-end up-rez process in the end is better for film.

Is any of that true - or have I been severly misinformed?

 

[Barry_Green]

Is any of that true - or have I been severly misinformed?

That is the most pernicious of the misconceptions. The chipset of the HVX200 is capable of resolving a 2K image. The HVX works internally at 1920x1080. 720P is created by scaling down the internal 1080 image down to 1280x720, and then for recording it gets scaled to 960x720.

It's a 1080 camera. 720 (and standard-def) are made by scaling down its internal 1080 image.

 

[Harry Frishberg]

It's a 1080 camera. 720 (and standard-def) are made by scaling down its internal 1080 image.

Good to know. Thanks for resolving this issue for me.

 

[Domis Entertainment]

when filming....

when filming....

Barry....I know your the master so I'd figure I would ask you...

Whenever an hvx film includes Slow- Motion...what do you think is the best quality results?.... 1080/24pa with 720/24pn slow mo....or do you feel that going 720 all the way is the best way to go whenever mixing slow motion footage? Just looking for your opinion when it comes to a dramatic-cinematic presentation. I was worried that going from 1080/24pa to 720/24pn-slowmotion would be too much of a hassle when matching shots.

 

[karapetkov]

Whenever an hvx film includes Slow- Motion...what do you think is the best quality results?.... 1080/24pa with 720/24pn slow mo....or do you feel that going 720 all the way is the best way to go whenever mixing slow motion footage? Just looking for your opinion when it comes to a dramatic-cinematic presentation. I was worried that going from 1080/24pa to 720/24pn-slowmotion would be too much of a hassle when matching shots.

I had a similar hesitation. Here's the thread:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=104652

In the end, we went with the 720p option for the entire shoot.

 

[Barry_Green]

720's fine. 1080's a little better. If it was me I'd go 1080 the whole way, and only use 720 for the slow-mo shots. You could always run a one-time uprez process to convert the 720 slow-mo shots to 1080 for integration with the rest of your project.