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!@#$%! · 01.13.2009, 02:15 PM

i looked at the time between your last 2 posts in this thread.

anyway not all digital video is created equal. the one called
DV" is an SD format with low bandwidth (25Mbps or about 13GB/h) and about 5:1 compression, it's ok for documentaries and guerrilla filmmaking but it's bad quality for blowing up in a big screen.

HDV is a gimmicky shit kind of format that creates "high def" images (highly compressed) at a similar bandwidth- to me, it's a fucked up codec.

anyway, things get nicer & nicer as you move up the money chain, and there's raw uncompressed high definition video shot with cinema lenses these days, not bad at all.

if you wanna see great cinematography shot in video, check out "before the devil knows you're dead". holy fuck. it's good.

01.13.2009, 02:15 PM	#5022
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,460	i looked at the time between your last 2 posts in this thread. anyway not all digital video is created equal. the one called DV" is an SD format with low bandwidth (25Mbps or about 13GB/h) and about 5:1 compression, it's ok for documentaries and guerrilla filmmaking but it's bad quality for blowing up in a big screen. HDV is a gimmicky shit kind of format that creates "high def" images (highly compressed) at a similar bandwidth- to me, it's a fucked up codec. anyway, things get nicer & nicer as you move up the money chain, and there's raw uncompressed high definition video shot with cinema lenses these days, not bad at all. if you wanna see great cinematography shot in video, check out "before the devil knows you're dead". holy fuck. it's good.
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