C100: Frame Rate for Broadcast Question

scorsesefan

scorsesefan

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I'm shooting and editing a short piece for TV broadcast and the delivery requirements are: 720p, Prores 422, and 59.94. The C100 has a PF30 and a 60i setting. The network did not specify the acquisition frame rate. Should I shoot 30pfs or 60i? 60i looks like crap to me but if I shoot PF30 will it be a problem in the edit? Using PP 2017.
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Basically you do not meet the requirements.

What I would suggest is contact them and offer to deinterlace and frame double the 60i footage to 60p and ask if that is acceptable to them.
 
Sorry, in the original post I said "30fps" but I meant PF30 (corrected)...I tried shooting a test with the C100 PF30 frame rate and then exporting out of Premiere as Prores 422, 1280X720, 59.94 and it looks pretty good to me. I would prefer to shoot PF30 because it looks better than 60i and it seems you really have to bump up your ISO at 60i. Just wondering if PF30 exported to 59.94 will meet the delivery standards? I found this post on Canon's website that seems to confirm that it's OK: https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/...-framerate-is-most-similar-to-60i/td-p/139305
 
I think, repeat I think (haven't tested this lately) you could try this workflow:

Shoot in 30p (whatever it's called on the C100/I). In premiere, go to interpret footage and say the footage is progressive no fields. The 30p on the C100/I is embedded in an interlaced signal, but it's interlacing between identical frames, so it's essentially the same as progressive footage. Edit on a 30p timeline, and export by matching all the sequence settings, except change your frame-rate to 60p. It should just double every frame, and even though it's embedded in 60p, it should look just like proper 30p. Test this out to be sure though.

By the same token, I think you could shoot in 24p, edit on a 24p timeline, and output 60i. Premiere should do the pulldown or pullup or whatever. Not sure how that would work with 60p, but it might work the same as 60i.
 
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