what to shoot on smokies trip - squeeze, letterbox,24p,24pa

[cflamm]

i'm planning a trip to the smokies in october and need help deciding how to shoot with my dvx100a for what i want to output to.

i definetly want 24p and 16:9.

i'll be outputing to dvd, vhs, and the program will air on pbs.

i want it to be able to be viewed as 16:19 on 16:9 sets and 4:3 (letterbox, i guess) on 4:3 sets.

how do i shoot it? what's the defference between shooting squeeze or letterbox. also, if my final output isn't for a film transfer, i don't shoot in 24pa, right?

also, how do i caputure it in fcp?

thanks for your help...new at this.

if this has already been covered, sorry for the redundancy -- please direct me to the link.

carl

 

[vidled]

...and the program will air on pbs.

Oh, really?
If that is the case, I would strongly reommend you not ask this here, but go to PBS, as they lay out VERY PRECICELY what you need, ought and HAVE to do.

If you haven't already done so, and have an afternoon's time handy, I suggest you read their RED BOOK:
http://www.pbs.org/producers/redbook/search/

Cheers

 

[kilgore trout]

thanks vidlid,

i work for pbs so i know what their guidlines are. i'm just new to this camera and need some specific input as to shooting with this particular camera to get what i want to achieve, which is the capability to display good 16:9 and 4:3 with the same aquisition.

 

[vidled]

...the capability to display good 16:9 and 4:3 with the same aquisition.

In that case shoot 4:3, which you can crop in post to make 16:9. Gives you both options.
Also, I'd would consider shooting 60i.