Re: editing 24p, 24p adv, and 60i footage

I'm going to go out on a limb here... this isn't my normal position, but the sheer brawn of the statement might answer your question -- but I don't want it to scare you, because there are worse things in this world than worrying about frame rates.

here goes:

WHY on earth would you EVER want to film with 24 ANYTHING if you are 99% sure you won't go to film or DVD??!!! That's just silly. 24p is a film LOOK that serves NO purpose at all to what you can accomplish with 30 frames per second. Then you run into all sorts of redundant frame editing messes and it's just not going to work. Shoot 30p only because we edit for the 100 people who have the most expensive sets and who won't want to see any interlacing on their TVs or they'll call their cable provider and then that cable exec will call me and it's all down hill."

Look...

Edit yourself two 2 minute shorts -- one with the 24pA material in 23.98 and one with the 24p material cut however you want in a 29.97 timeline. Lay both to tape (making sure you select the 3.2 cadence for the 23.98 transfer back) and go to best buy with a deck or camera and play back the tape on a 50 plus inch plasma whatever -- make sure it's 1080p for goodness sakes!!

See if you like or care which is best.

It's going to be up to you. But I don't think you'll notice much difference. My vote is to convert the 24pA material to 24p mode material and edit it all in a 29.97 timeline. Ideal? No... will it save you time and headache YES!

CaptM