Recent content by rob@headland

Please help. I am about to cut a feature doc on FCP, and my editor has told me I need a special graphics card to output video to some fancy monitor. I had planned on using an LCD Monitor, just some generic brand, and maybe hooking up my HD (1080i) LCD tv as a second monitor. I now worry that...

Can anybody tell me what field stripping actually is, (as a part of post production)? I'm told it's done as some sort of 'Film Look' process? Thanks.

Hello all. I am trying to make BITC DVDs of my rushes for a documentary project. I've been using the timecode video filter, exporting as a quicktime, then importing as an asset to DVD studio, whereupon the file is re-encoded to burn to DVD. I am hoping someone can tell me how to skip one of...

Hello, I need some help. Advice, actually. I'm in the middle of making a feature doc, shot on the HVX, and we plan to use a bunch of photographic archive material in the edit. Now I want to make these photos interesting - I'm thinking Fog of War or The Kid Stays in the Picture, but I don't...

Hello one and all. I'm shooting a feature doc on the HVX. Budget is relatively low, around $350k. (€240k actually - we're in Ireland.) My question is about hardware. We're thinking about cutting it on FCP, and buying a rig to do that - as long as it comes in at around the same price as it...

Very simply. I am shooting a feature doc. on the HVX200, to firestore. I will offline at low res in Final Cut Pro but my delivery requirements may well include a 35mm print, or at the very least an HD master. Do I lose any image quality by recording in QT as opposed to P2? i.e. should I...

Hello one and all. I am a director from Ireland, shooting a feature documentary on the HVX200. We've shot a promo and have now secured funding for the full doc, so we're doing a bit of shopping. What I need is a bit of advice on storing footage. So far we've been using 3 500GB G-Raids, but...