Pardon me, Slasher, but I have to ask just out out mild curiousity : ARE YOU INSANE ? I just need to ask since it sounds like you've never shot a movie before then tried to actually convert it one way or the other after capturing it to to it's standard format. Going back and forth between DVD formats alone is bad enough (hence my entire Russ Meyer collection explained), but to shoot in one format and try to capture as another is seriously unwatchable at best if even possible. Long gaps, paused pics, etc. It just doesn't work with the flip of a switch like that. Try putting a Betamax tape into a VHS VCR because the tapes themselves have similar styles. Doesn't quite work. I've been thumbing through huge articles for months now on the subject so I can make my current movie stop looking so much like it was shot on video and more like film and even the best of the best are clueless on a simple solution. That's why PAL is a preferred alternative to actual film since they have similar fps look.
Angela, sweetheart, if it comes down to it, stick with an NTSC camera for now and save yourself a lot of capturing-rendering headaches. Some Hi Def cams shoot at 24 and look absoulutely amazing (but I can't mention film I worked on since anti-spam beliefs). hmmmm I'll leave website address with a missing letter for you to figue out. ok ?
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The DP was Silas Tyler, who not only being a technical wiz is a great guy. I'll ask him to e-mail you more details than you'd like if interested.
Shame on you, SM.
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