Most Boring Post Ever…
I thought there might be some chance (albeit slim) that some of you might be interested in the technical work-flow we’ll be applying to production and post. Though it’s not yet hammered out, here’s where we are right now…
Camera: Panasonic HVX200
- uncompressed; 720HD; 24 FPS (possibly 23.98 - not sure which is the best bet); straight to data
- considering shooting directly to Final Cut (using an Apple Powerbook with a 7200 RPM harddrive)
- OR shooting to P2 cards and ingesting into a computer on the set.
Picture Edit: Final Cut Pro 5 on a G5
- Probably using a 2-4 terrabyte RAID for storage
- Debating whether to edit in HD or to down-rez and edit that for quicker processing speed, with an “online” later, once the entire picture is assembled. Currently unsure if this is a possibility as we don’t know how we will be able to reference the original HD footage (it shoots to data, so we won’t have timecode, etc…).
Finishing: ???
- We will have some VFX shots. Unsure of the best delivery medium, etc…
- Debating upconverting the 720 footage to 1080, then re-ingesting and compoisting effects/filters on the upconverted image.
- We want to be ready for a D.I. if the opportunity arises (i.e. we receive distribution, etc…).
- Our final delivery medium will (probably) be HDCam