uk product delivery

[Paul Llewellyn]

So, assuming a client was interested in shooting HD how would you deliver it to them?

If they just wanted you to shoot how what would you present them with. Or how would you present the idea of P2 to them if they were not in the know.

Also, if you were to make a complete vid which choices are there for end product.

Very much a newbie question. I've bought this camera mainly for my own uses but would also like to find out the different sorts of paying gigs that will be available to me.

 

[ro_max]

I would use an external hard drive to deliver footage.

 

[Paul Llewellyn]

ok. Would you use your own and let them offload it. Would you supply the hdd as part of the price. Would you ask them for one?

 

[ro_max]

Why not ask the client? I'm no "professional", but on a larger gig, I would simply factor the price of the drive into the package (there are all kinds drives of many sizes and price ranges).
If it were a small thing and if they wanted to save money, I might ask for theirs. I'd rather not have them offload from mine.

 

[Paul Llewellyn]

Anyone else have any views? It's not something I've seen a lot of discussion about(or maybe I'm not looking in the right places). How are you delivering finished products on HD?

 

[mikkowilson]

How to deliver HD?

You have asked the golden question that is on everyone's lips Paul.

If only someone knew the answer...

- Mikko

 

[Milezee]

Yes, the golden question: how to deliver HD?

At the moment there are limited options for HD for end user delivery. In europe there is only one sports channel providing HD broadcast. Others are planned but we'll see.
There is no confirmed Hi-definition DVD standard as yet, there is a betamax/vhs type battle going on between Bluray and DVD-HD in this area. So you're probably limited at the moment to computer files on whatever medium you want (hard disk, data DVD etc).

At the professional end there are HD tape formats (HDCAM, DVDPRO HD etc).

What is your client expecting. The first question I would ask is what are they going to be watching it on? What is is intended use?

 

[booth]

I'd probably get it to them on a DVCProHD tape copy, and just add it in as costs. Or a HDCam SR if they really wanted. It's all do-able if they are willing to pay.

Otherwise just encode some HD WMVs and save them to DVD-R so they can play them on their computers - if they want the cheap option. They can always be upgraded to Blu Ray or HD DVD at a later date if the client wishes.

 

[booth]

Yes, the golden question: how to deliver HD?

At the moment there are limited options for HD for end user delivery. In europe there is only one sports channel providing HD broadcast. Others are planned but we'll see.
There is no confirmed Hi-definition DVD standard as yet, there is a betamax/vhs type battle going on between Bluray and DVD-HD in this area. So you're probably limited at the moment to computer files on whatever medium you want (hard disk, data DVD etc).

At the professional end there are HD tape formats (HDCAM, DVDPRO HD etc).

What is your client expecting. The first question I would ask is what are they going to be watching it on? What is is intended use?

For broadcast and digital cinemas, HDCam SR is the required delivery format. For digital cinema, a 'digital print' is made from the HDCam SR tape. A 'digital print' is an encrypted hard drive basically that the cinemas plug into their data centre and offload after inputting a key-code. Then they pass it onto the next cinema, and so on.

 

[Barry_Green]

The question is -- are you shooting footage for them to edit? Or are you delivering a final mastered broadcastable product? Or to end users?

We've been doing a lot of shooting for the post house to edit; all you have to do is deliver a hard disk. The FCP editors seem to greatly prefer getting a predigitized hard disk full of clips rather than a box full of tapes.

For final delivery of a broadcastable product, you have to ask the recipient (broadcaster) what their deliverable requirements are. If they want HDCAM tape, take it to a post facility and dub to HDCAM. If they want DVCPRO-HD tape, you can master directly out to a DVCPRO-HD deck; rent one if you don't have it.

For delivery to end users? Ah, that's the question, because there really is no deliverable format other than WMV-HD DVDs. So master a Windows Media 9 high-def DVD on your PC using a 50-cent DVD-R; that will be able to be played on any Windows-platform PC. That's about the only viable delivery method of HD content to end users right now.