tbirdparis
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About to embark on shooting a small project, a simple music video. After much reading and research, I've pretty much decided to shoot everything at 720p on the GH13 with the lpowell high reliability 40mbps patch. But there's just one thing I'd like to clear up.
The reason I'm going for 720p is that it looks great, and also gives me the option to overcrank any of the footage I shoot so as to get smooth slow mo for some sequences. But.. I've shot test footage at 1080p, and after removing pulldown in Voltaic, I have to admit I love the way the motion looks at 25fps (PAL).
So I figure I have two possible solutions:
One would be to stick to the plan and shoot everything at 720. Then when I go to work with an editor, we'd work in a 25fps timeline and use the footage either at overcranked 25 (when I want slow mo) or converted to 25fps but maintaining the same speed for the majority of the video.
The other would be to shoot at 1080p (and batch removing pulldown) for most of the footage, and then only 720p for sequences that I know are intended for slow mo. Then in the edit session, I presume you'd just reduce the size of the 1080p stuff to match the 720. That way, we'd work again in a 25fps timeline, the 1080 stuff (reduced in size) would play at original speed, and the 720 stuff would be slow mo (or original speed if converted).
My question then, is - which is the smarter way to go? Or am I missing the point entirely? Is shooting at 1080p (just to get native 25p) pointless when it's only going to have to be shrunk down to match other footage shot at 720? Will the conversion process of shrinking it down to 720p size be more damaging to quality (and time consuming) than the process required to get 720p (50fps) to play at 25fps preserving the original speed?
I read the sticky on frame rate conversion tests and watched the examples on vimeo. Just still a little unsure on what's the best approach I should take.
Cheers for any advice. I'll be putting this to my editor too but at this stage just trying to get myself a better understanding of the options.
The reason I'm going for 720p is that it looks great, and also gives me the option to overcrank any of the footage I shoot so as to get smooth slow mo for some sequences. But.. I've shot test footage at 1080p, and after removing pulldown in Voltaic, I have to admit I love the way the motion looks at 25fps (PAL).
So I figure I have two possible solutions:
One would be to stick to the plan and shoot everything at 720. Then when I go to work with an editor, we'd work in a 25fps timeline and use the footage either at overcranked 25 (when I want slow mo) or converted to 25fps but maintaining the same speed for the majority of the video.
The other would be to shoot at 1080p (and batch removing pulldown) for most of the footage, and then only 720p for sequences that I know are intended for slow mo. Then in the edit session, I presume you'd just reduce the size of the 1080p stuff to match the 720. That way, we'd work again in a 25fps timeline, the 1080 stuff (reduced in size) would play at original speed, and the 720 stuff would be slow mo (or original speed if converted).
My question then, is - which is the smarter way to go? Or am I missing the point entirely? Is shooting at 1080p (just to get native 25p) pointless when it's only going to have to be shrunk down to match other footage shot at 720? Will the conversion process of shrinking it down to 720p size be more damaging to quality (and time consuming) than the process required to get 720p (50fps) to play at 25fps preserving the original speed?
I read the sticky on frame rate conversion tests and watched the examples on vimeo. Just still a little unsure on what's the best approach I should take.
Cheers for any advice. I'll be putting this to my editor too but at this stage just trying to get myself a better understanding of the options.