DVX100Shooter
Veteran
If I have a commercial or short trailer I wanted to play on a screen at a movie theater that was NOT shot using an anamorphic lens how would the quality look blown up to that size?
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Straight to the big screen
- Thread starter DVX100Shooter
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It depends a lot on what the shot is too. If it contains a lot of fine detail, DV looks terrible on the big screen, eg, naked trees blowing in the wind.
The larger the detail, the better it stands up in general. A CU shot doesn't look too bad if you are a little way back in the cinema.
The larger the detail, the better it stands up in general. A CU shot doesn't look too bad if you are a little way back in the cinema.
DVX100Shooter
Veteran
well the reason I asked the original question is the last time i was at the movies, before they started showing the trailers, they were showing still slides advertsing local business. At the end, there was a screen that said to advertise on this screen call....and the number. I got to thinking that I could promote some work but I need to find out the format and if indeed it needs to be converted or transferred.
Back in May, I had an opportunity to play a trailer I shot and edited on a big movie screen. They had a DVD player hooked up to a Projector system and I just had to adjust the lens of the projector to get my trailer to fit the screen in a way that it wasnt hanging off at the top and bottom. It didnt look to bad but it wasnt pitch black in the theater when I did the test either. I am guessing with it dark it would have looked a little better.
Back in May, I had an opportunity to play a trailer I shot and edited on a big movie screen. They had a DVD player hooked up to a Projector system and I just had to adjust the lens of the projector to get my trailer to fit the screen in a way that it wasnt hanging off at the top and bottom. It didnt look to bad but it wasnt pitch black in the theater when I did the test either. I am guessing with it dark it would have looked a little better.
DVX100Shooter,
A client of mine decided to show his 30 second spot in the AMC chain here in the LA area, and I had to provide a BetacamSP master to the company who puts it up on the screen.
They convert the master to MPEG 2 and project it like a sattelite broadcast to the theaters.
Sounds like a formula for disaster, quality wise, but a co-worker who saw it said that it looked surprisingly good. I advised the client against it, not for quality issues, but because many people (myself included) HATE commercials when paying for a movie;I was concerned about viewer backlash..."hate commercials when I'm payin' for a movie and won't patronize those businesses that run 'em" kind of thing.
Forget the name of the company but you could search the web.
Hope this helps.
Ken
The Screen Skins guy.
A client of mine decided to show his 30 second spot in the AMC chain here in the LA area, and I had to provide a BetacamSP master to the company who puts it up on the screen.
They convert the master to MPEG 2 and project it like a sattelite broadcast to the theaters.
Sounds like a formula for disaster, quality wise, but a co-worker who saw it said that it looked surprisingly good. I advised the client against it, not for quality issues, but because many people (myself included) HATE commercials when paying for a movie;I was concerned about viewer backlash..."hate commercials when I'm payin' for a movie and won't patronize those businesses that run 'em" kind of thing.
Forget the name of the company but you could search the web.
Hope this helps.
Ken
The Screen Skins guy.