24p vs NTSC Timeline

[otari_99]

Is there any advantage of editing a 24p acquisition in a 24p timeline if the output is going to be NTSC?

 

[imgentertainment@mac]

Well if you are working with 23.98 footage then you should work in a 23.98 time line. if you are woking with 29.97 footage then work in a "NTSC" timeline. Going to TV has nothing really to do with it. What ever you decide to output to will put a pulldown on it and the 23.98 footage will play fine on NTSC.

 

[otari_99]

if you are working with 23.98 footage then you should work in a 23.98 time line. if you are woking with 29.97 footage then work in a "NTSC" timeline.

This may sound ignorant, but,

why?

What are the technical constraints?

 

[Barry_Green]

The biggest advantage is if you plan on outputting to DVD. DVDs can be authored at 24p, so they'll play back without pulldown on a progressive display, and they take up less space (so you can use either milder compression, or fit more footage in the same amount of space).

 

[otari_99]

Okay. Thanks again for your insight.