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If you intend to display your finished project
on motion picture film, plan your workflow carefully. You can employ
a matchback process, in which you shoot on film, transfer
to video, and then conform the film negative to your video edits.
On the other hand, you can shoot and edit video, and then transfer
the finished project to film. Ideally, you would shoot a high-definition
format, and perhaps shoot at 24 fps to match theatrical
film frame rate. In either case, consider the important ways film
and video formats differ—such as in their image resolutions, aspect
ratios, and frame rates. Develop a plan to reconcile those differences.
Choose carefully the acquisition format that best suits your
needs, both for production and post-production. Post-production
tools sometimes require you to acquire your footage in specific
formats, or to convert your footage to them. When exporting from
post-production software, you can determine the settings appropriate
to the film stock you’ll use. Alternatively, you can decide how
to best translate your editing decisions to film. If you choose
to transfer video to film, you can employ a facility that can make
the transfer. The facility can use a film recorder,
a device that prints video frames to motion picture film frames.
To determine the best course, consult the production and post-production
facilities before you begin.
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