Chris Pyle
February 1st, 2006, 05:00 PM
I know this has probably been covered before, so my appologies in advance...
I am looking at putting together a short video for large screen projection at a State Park visitor center. Ideally, we would like to shoot in some form of HD / HDV. The problem lies in the fact that I have a ton of existing wildlife and beauty footage that would be impossible to re-shoot (given the budget and time constraints) This old footage was all shot in 4:3 with a 1/2" ccd Sony DSR 300. The footage is all very sharp and well exposed, but it is DVCAM. Now, much of the footage looks OK stretched out to 16:9 so aspect ratio is not a huge issue. What I am wondering about is how will the DVCAM footage look up-scaled to HD? And How do I do it? Is there somewhere that can do a sample for me as a test? I am in the San Diego Area, not too far from LA. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, My private opinion would be to continue shooting in SD so it can all cut together better, but the client is wanting to jump on the HD bandwagon.
On that note, what would be the best procedure for getting the most out of SD in a projection situation? Probably about a 25 foot screen.
Chris Pyle
Wildland Films
I am looking at putting together a short video for large screen projection at a State Park visitor center. Ideally, we would like to shoot in some form of HD / HDV. The problem lies in the fact that I have a ton of existing wildlife and beauty footage that would be impossible to re-shoot (given the budget and time constraints) This old footage was all shot in 4:3 with a 1/2" ccd Sony DSR 300. The footage is all very sharp and well exposed, but it is DVCAM. Now, much of the footage looks OK stretched out to 16:9 so aspect ratio is not a huge issue. What I am wondering about is how will the DVCAM footage look up-scaled to HD? And How do I do it? Is there somewhere that can do a sample for me as a test? I am in the San Diego Area, not too far from LA. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
BTW, My private opinion would be to continue shooting in SD so it can all cut together better, but the client is wanting to jump on the HD bandwagon.
On that note, what would be the best procedure for getting the most out of SD in a projection situation? Probably about a 25 foot screen.
Chris Pyle
Wildland Films