Was reading an article about this editor, what do you think he was referring to?

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Was reading an article in this magazine, "Student Filmmakers". The editor was explaining different rendering/exporting options on final cut.. He was talking about Mpeg2 for DVD.

"MPEG2 for DVD: This stage is often used for a fine cut approval, where picture quality is of importance, especially if graphics have been placed. Most NLE's come with this output setting as a menu option under file/export. You will either make a quicktime "shell" for your output, similar to a reference movie where the DVD authoring program will still need to encode the actual media files, or you may actually output an MPEG2 file directly, the format needed to play on consumer DVD players. Either way, you will need an authoring program to create menus and burn a playable DVD. This format begins to reflect good picture quality, but remember.. it is still a compressed format and is not acceptable as a master layoff."

What does he mean by it not being acceptable as a master layoff? What is a master layoff? And is a master layoff what is required when submitting to film festivals?
 
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The master layoff is the video file used to make the Mpeg2 file. This
is saying that the compressed Mpeg2 file isn't acceptable for use to
compress to Mpeg2.

When you submit a screener to festivals you will make a standard
DVD. When you get accepted in the festival they will want something
else as their projection copy. Most fests accept DigiBeta, DVCam,
BetaSP among others.
 
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interesting.

Say I shoot a film. Edit in final cut. Make dvd. shoot it to Doe Film Festival. They love it and want a projection copy.

What are the next steps I take in order to put the edited footage for masterlayoff?

Do I export the edited project onto one of those various tapes? Then send the tape to the festival?

thanks in advance
 
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