Re: FCP offline edit system for Viper/SRW1 project

I don't think we're going to have any NTSC in our post pipeline - wouldn't that be the only reason to shoot 23.976? We'll be making NTSC deliverables (as well as PAL ones), but can't those be made from a straight 24fps digital master (slow down to 23.976, introduce pulldown frames)?

I'm going to check and see if all of our post audio (composer, ADR, sound editor, mixer) can work off of 24p Quicktimes. If they're expecting PAL videotapes, then I can see where shooting 25fps could make more sense.

Evidently this vendor has done a whole feature at straight 24fps before, and I've heard that it can be done if post audio has the latest ProTools, etc.

I'm not taking anything for granted, though. We want to establish all these details while we're still in preproduction, because I know it can cause endless headaches if they aren't done just so.

Thanks,

Derth Adams