Shoot in 24p standard or 24p Advanced?

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ericcosh

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Hi Barry, etal.

Just when I start to think that I understand something, a monkey hits me with a wrench.

I've been shooting with the DVX100 for a year and in that period of time, I've never shot or edited in 24p. I shoot high end weddings and for that reason, don't have much of an opportunity to experiment since with a wedding, you only get one shot! Talk about "run and gun"!

In any case, since just purchasing my new DVX100A, 24p is much more realistic. Many of my concerns about shooting in 24p have been altered because of the changes made with the new camera.

I have FCP 4 & G5. I don't plan to use any of this footage to transfer to Film. What I want is the "film look" without having to sacrifice image quality. I go directly to DVD from FCP. I'm also going to be changing most of my shooting to 16:9 (anamorphic lens) so the client will have a choice of either having widescreen DVD or 4:3.

My final question is: "If shooting in 24p Advanced (23.97) will my quality be better than shooting in 24p Standard (29.97)?

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.

eric
 
Re: Shoot in 24p standard or 24p Advanced?

For your purposes, the quality differences will be minimal to nonexistent.

Either mode can be used to edit pure 24P. The presets are a little different (specifically thick line detail vs. thin) but you can change either preset to use either setting.

24PA lets you get at the 24P frames more directly, at the expense of just a slight loss of smoothness in playback. But if you're making a DVD using MPEG-2 compression, it really shouldn't matter which cadence you use.
 
Re: Shoot in 24p standard or 24p Advanced?

If you're never going to go to film, shooting 24P normal is probably your easiest option. No worry about pulldown removal, vertical detail issues if you forget to switch over to thick, etc. I shoot 24P normal most of the time, and i never have any issues.
 
Re: Shoot in 24p standard or 24p Advanced?

If you want that classic "shot on film" look and are never transferring to real film, 24P is it. However, if you are in the habit of using the scene dial to switch between 24P and 24A, you might not realize that the scene settings are different. You might want to shoot in 24P, but experiment with other gamma and iris settings by using the scene menu.

There really is no "best" quality setting (except if you plan to transfer to film; then, using the 24A framerate will give you the best transfer); think of all the different film stocks Hollywood cinematographers have used. It's not what's best but what's right -- for what you're shooting.
 
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