High Definition and 24P Cinematography

Introduction

HD and 24P cinematography is a new acquisition format which, I believe, is set to revolutionize much of the theatrical film world and, perhaps, even more of television. Film, with its utterly superb image capture capabilities, is nonetheless an anachronism in a television environment, and with more and more digital effects appearing in feature films it is inevitable that, on occasion, there will be advantages in originating in the same image format as that which is to be used for the post-production.

HD picture quality is arguably every bit as good as 35mm film, yet the pre-cutting room costs are going to be less than shooting 16mm film. Make no mistake about it, the drive to HD is fiscal, so let we cinematographers be thankful ...