Retaining the original movie speed when transferring 25fps to film ?

[Jason]

Hi,

One question on this issue, since our work is mostly shot on 25fps, when transfer to film (24 fps) our footage will be slowed by 4% to match the film frame rate. For most of our scenes, it is ok as 4% is not noticeable.

Lets say if we'd like to retain the original speed for certain scenes, theoretically, we'll need to speed up the scene by 4% to compensate, but for certain scenes, it looks unnatural when we speed up by 4%.

Any advice ?



Jason

 

[Peter Arnold]

Here in Europe every movie ever made (in 24p) is speeded up to 25p for TV and DVD Distribution. No one ever complained, cause 4% is not noticable.

I'd say you'll be just fine.

Peter

 

[Nick Shaw]

And equally a lot of material shot for 25fps TV has been shown at 24fps in cinemas, and again nobody notices. You do need to pitch correct the audio though.

My advice would be that although it is possible to convert 25 to 24 and retain the speed, by the use of various tweening algorithms, I believe the best result is obtained by a frame-for-frame transfer.

 

[Jason]

Yes I agree that no one will notice, as we have done it for some of our previous work as well.

But for one of our projects, the action director would want the action scenes to retain its original speed, as he has work mostly on 24fps and this is his first using 25 fps for theatrical release.