Music video in Pal land 24p or 25p at DVinfo.net

Fergus Anderson · April 20th, 2010, 01:50 PM

Hi chaps

I am soon to embark on a music video shoot for my brother and cannot decide whther to go 24p or 25p. We are in the UK and I do undertsand the issue of shutter speed and 50hz lighting etc.

If I shoot 25p and then ultimately need 24p I can slow the video down I guess but do I then need to pitch shift the audio? I may also use my HV20 as a b cam or for deep DOF shots which only shoots 25p. I guess I am just concerned that 24p is more widely acceptable than 25p.

All thoughts welcome
Cheers

John Wiley · April 21st, 2010, 03:41 AM

Shoot 25p. Edit 25p. Render to 25p. If you want to distibute in 60hz countries then just take your final rendered file (video and audio) back into your editor, re-interpret it as 24p then drop it on a 24p timeline and render it out again. There may be an easier way to do this with other software/utilities by just changing the file flags or metadata, but in either case the difference in speed is so negligible that you shouldn't need to pitch shift.

Sareesh Sudhakaran · April 22nd, 2010, 11:09 PM

Stick to 25p throughout as John recommends.

There's no perceptible difference in terms of 'the film look' and if you ever need 24p, you can render it out again as 24p from the 25p master and there's no need to change the music at all.

Fergus Anderson · April 23rd, 2010, 01:32 PM

Thanks guys - seems like 25p is the way to go!

April 20th, 2010, 01:50 PM	#1
Fergus Anderson Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 321	Music video in Pal land 24p or 25p Hi chaps I am soon to embark on a music video shoot for my brother and cannot decide whther to go 24p or 25p. We are in the UK and I do undertsand the issue of shutter speed and 50hz lighting etc. If I shoot 25p and then ultimately need 24p I can slow the video down I guess but do I then need to pitch shift the audio? I may also use my HV20 as a b cam or for deep DOF shots which only shoots 25p. I guess I am just concerned that 24p is more widely acceptable than 25p. All thoughts welcome Cheers

April 22nd, 2010, 11:09 PM	#3
Sareesh Sudhakaran Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 1,385	Stick to 25p throughout as John recommends. There's no perceptible difference in terms of 'the film look' and if you ever need 24p, you can render it out again as 24p from the 25p master and there's no need to change the music at all. __________________ Get the Free Comprehensive Guide to Rigging ANY Camera - one guide to rig them all - DSLRs to the Arri Alexa.

April 21st, 2010, 03:41 AM	#2
John Wiley Trustee Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Byron Bay, Australia Posts: 1,155	Shoot 25p. Edit 25p. Render to 25p. If you want to distibute in 60hz countries then just take your final rendered file (video and audio) back into your editor, re-interpret it as 24p then drop it on a 24p timeline and render it out again. There may be an easier way to do this with other software/utilities by just changing the file flags or metadata, but in either case the difference in speed is so negligible that you shouldn't need to pitch shift.

April 23rd, 2010, 01:32 PM	#4
Fergus Anderson Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 321	Thanks guys - seems like 25p is the way to go!