MTV VMA 2003 - Shot in 24p

ctbarker32 wrote on 9/3/2003, 9:40 PM

I was intrigued by the "film like" look of this year's MTV VMA 2003. My suspicions were confirmed when I read in an MTV press release:

"The telecast was for the second year presented in 24P format, which gave viewers a crisp film-like image."

Some viewers' comments were less than happy. There was also some apparent audio sync problems.

I believe that Vegas can edit 24p? I may be wrong?

Do users here think that 24p will continue to gain traction? I think there are some semi-pro cameras (Panasonic?) that shoot in 24p? Will this technology eventually trickle down to consumer Mini-DV cameras?

So many formats, so little time!

-CB

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vitalforces wrote on 9/3/2003, 10:18 PM

There are lots of posts on these issues and more. Do a search on "24p" or "DVX100" for discussions.

I have a Panasonic DVX100 and am in the midst of shooting a low-budget feature film on 24p. It does look more film-like, and with the right tweaking in Vegas can take on the quality of Super 16mm--which is what I think Panasonic was shooting for. People are conditioned for some 100 years to the 24-frame cadence of movies. Plus, well heck, it's fun.

Vegas 4.0b and above can read 24p from the DVX100 right on the timeline without converting to the usual TV "cadence" of 60i frame rate. If you go from there to Vegas' plug-in of DVD Architect, it also will read a file rendered to MPEG-2 at 24p. You can keep the production cycle all the way to a film festival showing (on DVD projectors which are now fairly common).