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If you don't already have it, pick up a copy of "The Filmmaker's Handbook". The 2008 Third Edition covers the digital age as well as film. There is extensive discussion on interlacing and the history of broadcast television.
 
VPTurner said:
If you don't already have it, pick up a copy of "The Filmmaker's Handbook". The 2008 Third Edition covers the digital age as well as film. There is extensive discussion on interlacing and the history of broadcast television.
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Very interesting! I imagine its available on ebay or amazon?

I've got the Filmmakers Guide and the Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook which i've already read about a dozen times and full of good stuff.
 
Thank you VPTurner! I shall definately get a copy (only £8.44).

You know the scene where hes running through the forest has some "stop start" footage for some reason which is actually on the tape, and remains there when i have burnt it onto a dvd. Has that something to do with the interlacing?
 
Eddie Rex said:
Thank you VPTurner! I shall definately get a copy (only £8.44).

You know the scene where hes running through the forest has some "stop start" footage for some reason which is actually on the tape, and remains there when i have burnt it onto a dvd. Has that something to do with the interlacing?
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That could be a glitch in the recording (either bad media or data transfer), not deinterlacing. Try cleaning the heads in the camcorder. I had a couple of places like this in one of my recordings. After getting a head cleaning tape and running it through the camera, it seems fine. I was just conducting interviews and fortunately the glitch didn't occur in anything I needed to use, but if I were on a location shoot for a narrative piece I would be sure to review each take. That's another advantage of shooting digital, realtime "dailies". I'd reshoot it immediately if I saw a problem. In fact, DV tape is cheap so a simple shot like him running through the forest I'd probably shoot more than once anyway.

The latest version of Adobe Premiere (CS3) has the DV Rack (OnLocation) software built-in. I may upgrade later this year so I can not only have the waveform monitor on set, I will also be able to monitor and simultaneously record to my Firewire enabled laptop the live video stream.
 
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