Storage Requirement for Feature Film (Telecine) at DVinfo.net

Jonathan Stanley · March 19th, 2006, 11:17 PM

Hey Guys,

I will be working some in the post production of a feature film shot on 35mm. Can anyone give me an approximate amount of storage that I should plan on having available for the edit? We are going to edit on FCP. I am new to both feature length and film and am trying to get up to speed.

Thanks.
Jonathan

Glenn Chan · March 20th, 2006, 12:16 AM

If you do an offline edit in FCP, then the storage requirements are very minimal. You would likely get your material dubbed onto miniDV tapes with timecode. miniDV is simply 13GB/hour.

Once you have your picture locked, you go into online editing. Re-capture the material from the masters at full quality. You wouldn't have to worry about storage here, because you only need to capture ~2 hours (only the stuff that goes into the final product).

If you want to work with film scans, then that does have storage requirements. Your post indicates telecine however.

2- If you want to do the online editing yourself, then you do need to watch storage requirements. This will depend on what format you want to master on, and what format you transfer your film to.

Jonathan Stanley · March 20th, 2006, 12:31 AM

Ah, I see.

I will check with the editor as far as online vs. offline. I am betting an offline edit from the information I have received thus far.

thanks:)

Ben De Rydt · March 20th, 2006, 07:45 AM

Don't forget to log everything into Cinema Tools or you will have major problems for the online edit.

Evan Fisher · March 21st, 2006, 12:51 AM

Be careful here. If you are cutting negative, DV tape via firewire is fine. If you are going to online, make sure you digitize from a deck that is controlled by an RS422 connection. Unfortunately firewire TC is notoriously (slightly) unreliable. Enough though to really mess up an online.

If you are shooting 90-100 days or so you will probably need 800 - 1000 Gb of space (depending on number of cameras and printed takes).

March 19th, 2006, 11:17 PM	#1
Jonathan Stanley Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boone, NC Posts: 115	Storage Requirement for Feature Film (Telecine) Hey Guys, I will be working some in the post production of a feature film shot on 35mm. Can anyone give me an approximate amount of storage that I should plan on having available for the edit? We are going to edit on FCP. I am new to both feature length and film and am trying to get up to speed. Thanks. Jonathan

March 20th, 2006, 07:45 AM	#4
Ben De Rydt Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 139	Don't forget to log everything into Cinema Tools or you will have major problems for the online edit. __________________ Please keep in mind that English is not my native language.

March 21st, 2006, 12:51 AM	#5
Evan Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles, Ca. Posts: 137	Be careful here. If you are cutting negative, DV tape via firewire is fine. If you are going to online, make sure you digitize from a deck that is controlled by an RS422 connection. Unfortunately firewire TC is notoriously (slightly) unreliable. Enough though to really mess up an online. If you are shooting 90-100 days or so you will probably need 800 - 1000 Gb of space (depending on number of cameras and printed takes). __________________ Fisher Media Productions

March 20th, 2006, 12:16 AM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	If you do an offline edit in FCP, then the storage requirements are very minimal. You would likely get your material dubbed onto miniDV tapes with timecode. miniDV is simply 13GB/hour. Once you have your picture locked, you go into online editing. Re-capture the material from the masters at full quality. You wouldn't have to worry about storage here, because you only need to capture ~2 hours (only the stuff that goes into the final product). If you want to work with film scans, then that does have storage requirements. Your post indicates telecine however. 2- If you want to do the online editing yourself, then you do need to watch storage requirements. This will depend on what format you want to master on, and what format you transfer your film to.

March 20th, 2006, 12:31 AM	#3
Jonathan Stanley Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Boone, NC Posts: 115	Ah, I see. I will check with the editor as far as online vs. offline. I am betting an offline edit from the information I have received thus far. thanks:)