Dermot Shane wrote:...if you are still cutting, then i'd export screeners with source tc and filename burnt in for any seq i was happy with and start over using the screeners as a guideline... and i would never again start a project with a frame rate that did not match the main deliverable
Dermot is very wise. I had to do this a couple of years ago on a music video where the "creative" editor had cut the entire project at 29.97 but with 23.98 source material, and I refused to work on it unless it was done correctly in a 23.98 project. The editor balked at recutting it (since he was not getting paid), so I just rolled up my sleeves, did exactly what Dermot suggested, and reconformed it all together by hand. It worked fine, and I think it was worth the effort.
Luckily for me, the project only had 69 cuts and dissolves, so it wasn't that hard. The reference movie made it relatively easy. If it was a massive project... I'd say use this as a learning experience and know for the future you have to get the workflow right in the very beginning. The project timeline -- ideally -- should be set to whatever the ultimate deliverable format will be. If it's going for a DCP, generally they have only 24.00fps or 25.00fps. I would get that information from the client
in writing and use that as gospel.