Fcp Sequence Settings Help

sideshowmonkey

sideshowmonkey

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I am an artist and wannabe film maker but I have very little know-how on the technical side of things.

I have a HVX200 and was wondering what the best sequence setting might be in FCP.

I want to get a "film look" and planned on shooting 720p 24. So when I use an easy setup I am editing at 23.98. Does this mean I can not use any fx footage that may be at 29.97fps? If so, and I change the sequence setting to 29.97 does that mess up my 24fps footage?


In addition to that, when I playback using "all frames" the image is jumping all over the place in the camera. I feel like I set it up as shown but have no real idea why it is doing that.

I am totally confused on the best way to set this up.
 
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It sounds that you do not have an experience with FCP.

The best way is to start with the tutorials, and then read everything here you can.

But coming here with a very basic question isn't the way to go at least in my view.

Film look involves frame rate, good lighting, and a shallow DOF.

Out of the box, it's tough to get shallow DOF with the HVX without an adapter

As to sequence setup, the easy set up for DVCProHD 720/24p works with footage shot 720/24pN.

If you import 29.97 in that sequence is will have to be rendered.

Don't know what you are referring to with the comment: "when I playback using "all frames" the image is jumping all over the place in the camera . . . ."

Might want to detail what that means
 
Sorry for the basic question, I'm a bit overwhelmed right now and not explaining myself very well. By "film look" I meant shoot in 24fps rather than 30 or 60.

I have been using FCP for awhile but it has been with a DVX and VX2000 with a simple DV-NTSC setup shooting 480i 24p and works fine. Now that I am getting into HD it is a little overwhelming since I am using FCP 4.5 and can't take advantage of the P2 import. Instead I am using a firestore FS-100 saving clips in their Quicktime format.

As for the "playback", I'm refering to when my timeline is running and I am using my camera through the firewire to playback the image in the cameras lcd. In FCP under "view" and "external video" there is an "all frames" button. I have always used this to see my footage playback to check for interlacing issues with stock fx footage over my own footage. When I do this with the 720 timeline it jumps around/flickers although I have the video playback set for DVCPROHD. Could this be a FCP 4.5 issue or am I doing something drastically wrong?
 
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