Squeeze Mode for Broadcast

swishpangrl

swishpangrl

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If I shoot Squeeze (it's a doc that won't be finished untill next year at the earliest so I think this mode makes sense for future-proofing), how does that work w/broadcast television? Will I have to deliver a 4:3 master? How does this affect projecting the project at festivals? I am not going to film unless I am lucky and someone else wants to do that - ultimately, the project will live on DVD and be broadcast.

Thanks.
 
Well, depends on your broadcaster and what they recognize. Standard-def TV in America is all 4:3, all local broadcasts are done in 4:3. HD is 16:9-only. Some countries broadcast 16:9 standard-def, and some have adopted a halfway measure, 14:9.

You're probably safest to make a 16:9 product for your DVD; if it gets broadcast you'll have to deliver in whatever format the network requires; if they require 4:3 then you'll unsqueeze/letterbox your production to fit in a 4:3 frame with black bars.
 
Thanks - that helps a lot. I am shooting for PBS (if I am lucky) and I am pretty sure they demand ws content and I know foreign markets like it too.
 
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