Filming contained by Mini DV?

I'm filming a b-grade movie, and surface to have a soundman ready to not only work for free, but lend use of his Canon GI-1.

What are the pros and cons of film in Mini DV? Would it slay the production value of a show? How does it look on screen? How much can it be enlarged?

Thanks surrounded by advanced...


Answers:    I certainly wouldn't utter that DV is equivalent to 16mm film at adjectives. Most prosumer HD formats would be closer to 16mm than DV and top end professional HD formats closer to 35mm motion picture..just in the order of.
However you can project DV Ok and it will look fine to a point. It's best to project in home-grown format straight from a camera or the full file from a computer complicated drive. Once you get involved contained by encoding for DVD you start to lose the definition and will see it on the big screen pixelating. I've made a moral few films on DV and had them shown on full size cinema screen but if you watch a usual 35mm or 16mm film afterwards you will see a massive difference. If this is the passageway you want to go consequently the GL1 will be fine and shoots great DV footage..as good as it's bigger brother the XL1s if truth be told. I used to use those cameras as second cameras and for the money are well worth it and a great start for any filmmaker. You will enjoy to bear within mind that if you use the 16:9 mode on the camera you will lose resolution because of the way the CCDs work...crop and squeeze. It really is best to shoot within 4:3 and then letterbox contained by post.
Nowadays I shoot in HD 720p 25 or 24 beside JVC ProHD cameras which gives a great format for projection...up their beside the best 16mm stock and sometimes...close to 35mm.
I hope this helps
Bets of luck.
It's give or take a few as good as 16mm

It will be expensive to verbs it to film, if that's what you want, but still not as expensive as doing it surrounded by film to originate with!

Prices are around $350 per eyeshade minute to 35mm
It's tape not show.

Mini dv is cheap and easy to cut.
the comparison with 16mm picture is a good one. digital video have many improvements over show such as audio quality and improve of editing. Many theaters can project video, so that should not be a significant limitation to showing since you have the money to settle the lab fees for a film print.

The biggest 'hit' is the TV 4:3 aspect ratio. The GL1 probably has a 16:9 mode, you might try that out to obtain a more cinematic feel.
Mini DV is not even remotely comparable near 16mm. The technology simply cannot capture alike amount of information about the picture...the lenses are nowhere hard by the quality of the cup available for 16mm cameras. The tape format utilizes a small imitation sensor and compresses the image notes significantly.

But the overall workflow is also a determining factor. For example if the 16mm was shot next to a modern Aaton or comparable camera with some nice prime lenses and Kodak Vision filmstock...next transferred to tape for editorial using a nice Datacine close to the Spirit or even some of the more modern transfer systems....you would come away beside an image closer to 35mm, although not next to the same depth of enclosed space.

If you shot mini DV and used a high finishing system to transfer to picture it would still look pretty much like home video transfered to picture....

The answers post by the user, for information only, CeQnA.com does not guarantee the right.



Related Questions :
  • How do i put in video to my video ipoddd?
  • For the camera freaks out near!?
  • When narrate within Imovie or MovieMaker....?
  • Can someone hand over me a connect for a video converter that i can convert mov to mpg or mpeg?
  • HelP wiTh ThESIss. pERsUasiVe eSSaYY?
  • I want to create a video..?
  • Problem near sony mitt held digital camera....?
  • Camcorder recommendation...?
  • Canon HV30 onto Computer?