I can tell you that one reason you may have to go with the 25fps has to do with the lights... not wanting them to strobe.
We had some stuff that shot in the UK for US release, but because the lighting system was at 50Hz instead of 60Hz they needed to shoot at 25.
We rough cut at 25, conformed at 25, and then the last step was the convert to 24... (ok 1080i 59.94) and that's how it aired in the US.
Jeff
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On Jan 24, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Scott Ham wrote:
> Hi all,
> We're preparing to do post on a commercial that is being shot in
> Europe. The client is shooting two sets of spots within the same
> production: one for UK and a package of four for Canada.
>
> As of this moment, the production company is planning on shooting on
> the Alexa in PAL. We have been asked by the agency when it would be
> appropriate to do our conversions for Canada in both HD and SD. We
> are not setup to edit in PAL and, typically, this client has
> repurposed their footage for international markets.
>
> I'm trying to wrap my head around why it would make any sense to shoot
> PAL in this instance. Our understanding is that the UK spot will be
> edited in France.
>
> I haven't edited in Europe so I have no idea what the limitations are
> regarding what formats they are editing. I assumed it would be just
> as easy for them to edit in 23.98 as it would for us. Am I
> misunderstanding this?
>
> Regarding the standards conversion, we've reached out to a few places
> in Manhattan regarding the conversion process, etc. We've been looking
> around at instances of people converting from Alexa or even RED from
> 25 to 23.98 and haven't found many anecdotes about it. Is this simply
> a bad idea? What's the recommended process to convert from the Alexa
> format to maintain resolution for the eventual color correct, etc?
>
> I'm really curious as to any argument FOR going to 25 to 23.98 as I
> don't think there is much to justify that workflow. If there are any
> gotchas or potential pitfalls we should be wary of or can highlight to
> our client to hopefully change their approach, I would love to hear
> them.
>
> Thanks all,
> Scott
>
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