4K 25 fps footage in 24 fps timeline

[TD Wood]

I am currently editing a short film, which I shot in the Scarlet at 25 fps. Why did I shoot at 25 fps? Frankly, it was a last minute decision, but besides the fact that we were shooting in Spain, we had a couple of night scenes where we were going to use the available light from street lamps (which at 24 fps flickered). I was also told that DCP format (my final format of release) accepts both 25 fps and 24 fps, which is only partially true (not all DCP projectors accept 25 fps apparently).

So now I am editing in Premiere at 25 fps and realized that I will probably end up with a 24 fps DCP, which means that my 25 fps final cut will have to be inevitably converted to 24 fps (slowing down audio 4%, among other things).
But yesterday I thought that perhaps I could avoid this last minute conversion by cutting the film (shot at 25 fps) in a 24 fps timeline. My film has no dialogues, just VO, so I don’t have to deal with dialogue synching.

So my question/s (and please excuse my ignorance if I am asking something ridiculous) is the following:
1) Can I cut .R3D 4K 25 fps footage in a 24 fps timeline in CS6? As a matter of fact, I did some testing and it seems to work fine, but I may be ignoring other secondary issues.
2) Is it just a matter of dropping the footage on a 24 fps timeline or do I also need to reinterpret the footage previously to 24 fps in the Project browser?
Any advice will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!

Saludos,
TD Wood

 

[Wes Howell]

I would recommend interpreting the footage at 24 fps. No reason not to - should work great for the workflow described.

 

[TD Wood]

I would recommend interpreting the footage at 24 fps. No reason not to - should work great for the workflow described.

Thanks a lot, Wes! One other question comes to mind...
What will happen if I then take the edited material to Resolve via XML? Since Resolve links back to the original .3RDs, will the footage be again "interpreted" as 25 fps or will my Premiere "re-interprettion" prevail?

Regards,
TD Wood

 

[Wes Howell]

Hey TD,

I don't use Resolve - I'd recommend giving it a test run to make sure everything works as desired.

Best,
Wes

 

[jimhare]

You might be better off completing in 25 and then just run the final out at 24, which will slow it down 4% but this is incredibly common and no one generally notices.

 

[TD Wood]

Thanks jim and Wes for your input. Depending on Resolve's handling of the footage, I may have to stick to 25 fps. As soon as I try it out, I'll post my results.
Regards,
TD