shoot 23.98....then broadcast

[Chris Parker]

hi all.

i am going to shoot at 2K 120fps. i want to shoot with a base rate of 23.98. Since it will be broadcast, I am assuming at some point, it will be converted to 29.97. When in the workflow does this happen? How is this best accomplished? Thanks.

 

[Jeremy Newmark]

There are many opinions about this subject, but my advice is that if you are working from a 23.976 time base then you post in that frame-rate as well. You keep everything in 23.976 from start to finish, then once you have a final 23.976 master in hand, you then output that with a pull-down applied to get your 29.97 version for broadcast. In short, do it at the very end of the process.

 

[Zach Hilton]

Correct, makes the most sense to do it at the end of your project. You can either do that in Ae or through an AJA card when laying to tape. Plenty of other options as well, those are the two that I use though.

 

[Chris Parker]

thanks a lot. that is a big help.