Newbie documentary

Marchgale wrote on 1/11/2007, 5:13 PM
I've got 18 months to shoot, prepare and produce an in-house documentary for an airline's 20th anniversary (my employer).

Huge learning curve as I'm a beginner with Vegas 7, DVD Architect and Cinescore. This is the way to learn!

Main camera used will be Sony V1E, widescreen. As an extra, I'm planning a "making of" short film to be shot on Sony VX2000, SD & 4:3.

Will the two films in widescreen and 4:3, combine okay onto one DVD using DVD Architect 4?

Thanks for any advice!

Comments

TLF wrote on 1/11/2007, 10:54 PM
This won't be a problem. I've just completed a similar project - widescreen main feature made on my humble Canon MVX40 (aka Optura 50) and supplementary film in 4:3 using my Kodak stills camera.

It works perfectly.

I had to tall DVDA that the project was wide screen, and that was all.

Worley
James Gerber wrote on 1/12/2007, 7:41 AM
Will DVDA automatically create the DVD so that when 4:3 clips are played, it will stay as 4:3, but when widescreen clips are played it will switch to widescreen?

(Kind of like commercial DVD's, where the menu appears to be 4:3 (it will fill up the entire screen on a 4:3 tv), but then it flips over to anamorphic widescreen when the move starts)
TLF wrote on 1/12/2007, 9:18 AM
My widescreen was widescreen, and my 4:3 remained 4:3 - no stretching at all.

Worley
MPM wrote on 1/13/2007, 4:21 PM
If it helps at all...

The mpg2 vid you use on/in a DVD has aspect flags (4:3 - 16:9) that the player will normally obey. Practically speaking the project aspect in DVDA AFAIK mainly concerns menus. Strictly speaking, I believe the finished DVD layout should put different aspect video in separate VTS (which I believe DVDA does) , but it also might pose some limitations on menu design and structure -- the docs for DVD Lab Pro on their web site give one of the easiest descriptions I've come across.

Personally I've never had a problem, but if there's a whole lot riding on this project for you, I'd recommend a bit of additional research on the actual DVD requirements by posting over at videohelp & doom9.org. I believe the popular phrase today is: "Out of an abundance of caution". ;?P