Making a DCP.

Amadou

Amadou

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I am exporting my colour corrected movie from the Premiere timeline to give to the DCP maker for a cinema projection. The film was filmed in 1920X1080. I wonder if it is possible to project the movie in a 1:2.35 aspect ratio in the theaters. Should I reframe it and put black bars on top and bottom prior to exporting or should I let the DCP person do it? Thank you. (Can it be done?)

Does this mean the DCP should be projected in 2:35 in which case he should zoom in to remove the black bars, or should the movie be projected in 1:1,85 in which case the would be bars at the top and bottom as part of the image?

Thank you.
 
Yes he can. I am double checking the info here. That is what forums are for. I also noticed that you never give any pertinent information. You always tell me to do things which can not be done or look for information elsewhere. That is not the same as responding to a question.
 
I would have said the same thing. You're asking the wrong people here. The company making the package is who you need to ask.
 
Amadou said:
I am exporting my colour corrected movie from the Premiere timeline to give to the DCP maker for a cinema projection. The film was filmed in 1920X1080. I wonder if it is possible to project the movie in a 1:2.35 aspect ratio in the theaters. Should I reframe it and put black bars on top and bottom prior to exporting or should I let the DCP person do it? Thank you. (Can it be done?)

Does this mean the DCP should be projected in 2:35 in which case he should zoom in to remove the black bars, or should the movie be projected in 1:1,85 in which case the would be bars at the top and bottom as part of the image?

Thank you.
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I've not tried this... and don't have a local digital cinema to test... but I believe that one needs to make the DCP 'frame' exactly what is to be projected on to the screen. Further, top to bottom dimension should be 'fixed', and then the image will fill the width of the screen 'how ever' depending on the aspect ratio. If the theater then moves the screen 'curtains' in to eliminate portions of the screen not receiving the projected image, that's up to the local projectionist.

If the distribution is for 16:9 HD TV screens, that's when the 'letterboxing' comes in, but still, I believe that is a TV processing function. (That one I could test if I had time...).
 
Amadou said:
I am exporting my colour corrected movie from the Premiere timeline to give to the DCP maker for a cinema projection. The film was filmed in 1920X1080. I wonder if it is possible to project the movie in a 1:2.35 aspect ratio in the theaters.
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Do you mean you want them to crop on the fly down to 1920 x 817? Even if they could, I wouldn't think you'd want them to. It might result in chopping off the tops of heads, etc. You'd loose about 24% of your vertical pixels with a crop like that.

I'm thinking that's not a very resonable request, so you might be thinking that you want them to show your 1920 x 1080 image at full height, but at 2538 wide, by putting black pillars at right and left hand sides. This isn't necessary as that's what the theater's curtains are for; they'll just adjust the curtains to block off where the pillars would be.

So... what are you actually trying to accomplish? I must not understand the question.
 
Amadou said:
Yes he can. I am double checking the info here. That is what forums are for. I also noticed that you never give any pertinent information. You always tell me to do things which can not be done or look for information elsewhere. That is not the same as responding to a question.
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Simply giving you a logical solution entirely pertinent to your question and advice that I would follow myself.

Your last issue had everything to do with you not consulting your colorist before you bowled ahead in your own ignorance and then blaming the colorist for the situation.
 
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