Hi,
All of these timecode issues seem quite daunting, and I want to know the simplest option without (ideally) buying new plugins or editing software.
I shot on 16mm, and had it transferred so that its now 30ftp NTSC video stored onto a miniDV. Using a miniDV camera, I've firewired it onto my PC using non-drop frame capture mode, where I intend to edit on Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. The video was color corrected as it was transferred, but there's no burned-in timecodes or keycodes or any of that, nor do I have a disk. I suspect this won't work for finishing to film, am I right?
The transfer company's timecode machine is being repaired, so I can probably get it retransferred with timecode once its fixed. However, researching the problems with "virtual" frames due to 3:2 pulldown and the like, and dealing with these timecode issues in the EDL--isn't there a better option?
What if I have it simply transferred to miniDV treating the original film as if it were shot at 30fps (though it was shot at 24fps)? If we run the telecine at 30fps, wouldn't there be a 1:1 ratio of frames of film:video? Therefore there'd be no "virtual" frames, thus eliminating the timecode problems and issues when I have the negative conformed (matchback)?
(By the way, I want to use this same video for DVDs well after I've submitted the film prints to festivals and the like...will this 30fps transfer idea adversely affect the video quality?)
Thanks,
Derek
All of these timecode issues seem quite daunting, and I want to know the simplest option without (ideally) buying new plugins or editing software.
I shot on 16mm, and had it transferred so that its now 30ftp NTSC video stored onto a miniDV. Using a miniDV camera, I've firewired it onto my PC using non-drop frame capture mode, where I intend to edit on Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5. The video was color corrected as it was transferred, but there's no burned-in timecodes or keycodes or any of that, nor do I have a disk. I suspect this won't work for finishing to film, am I right?
The transfer company's timecode machine is being repaired, so I can probably get it retransferred with timecode once its fixed. However, researching the problems with "virtual" frames due to 3:2 pulldown and the like, and dealing with these timecode issues in the EDL--isn't there a better option?
What if I have it simply transferred to miniDV treating the original film as if it were shot at 30fps (though it was shot at 24fps)? If we run the telecine at 30fps, wouldn't there be a 1:1 ratio of frames of film:video? Therefore there'd be no "virtual" frames, thus eliminating the timecode problems and issues when I have the negative conformed (matchback)?
(By the way, I want to use this same video for DVDs well after I've submitted the film prints to festivals and the like...will this 30fps transfer idea adversely affect the video quality?)
Thanks,
Derek