DVX, music videos & broadcast quality

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andrew00

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Hey, I've been talking to this guy I know recently who is connected with some bands. He wants to film a music video and try to get it on one of the MTV's, he says he knows someone there etc.

I've got the opportunity to film it, but the only camera I have is my trusty DVX. When I spoke to him he stressed he wanted it 'broadcast quality', and talked about beta tapes.

As an amateur I gotta admit I don't know much about this stuff. Will my DVX be good enough to get on the TV quality wise? Does it need some sort of, is it upscalling, upressing? dunno what it's called, to be of required quality.

Or alternatively will I need to hire another camera to film on to get the quality? If so what type of camera?

Thanks, gotta admit I'm excited about making a music video but if it's not good enough quality I'll be annoyed. Then again, Spike Jonze did that Fatboyslim video, praise you, on a cheap camera, yet that's 'broadcast quality' albeit in a weird way. Is that the whole upressing thing?

Andy.
 
There are films and television shows still being shot with the DVX.

For example:
(Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Iraq in Fragments)
 
"Broadcast quality" is a rather loose term these days.

Techinically: No, MiniDV is not "Broadcast" quality. "Broadcast quality" these days is bascially 4:2:2 preferably 10bit, but 8bit is ok too.
In reality: How does it look? As long as you are delivering on a broadcast format (you'll probabaly need to print out the final master to BETA-SP, or better yet, DigiBETA, to deliver to the broadcaster) many places won't mind [or know!] what the source footage was shot on.


The content of the video is a very important consideration when choosing your tools. If it's all green-screen, then DV falls short for broadcast, but if it's somthign filmic, then you can make it work just fine. If there are lots of added grphical elements, then those too can be higher than DV quality and help improve the over-all quality of the piece if necesarry.

So, within reason of what you are shooting, yes the DVX can be [and is] used just fine to shoot light broadcast TV.

- Mikko
 
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