Robdoc wrote:I had some questions here for other filmmakers about what project frame rate AND which frame guide on the BMPCC they use when shooting their project? I imagine that a lot of us when shooting our own film have no idea if it will ever be picked up so there is no standard the company sets before shooting.
Is there a set standard I should follow?
Umm, last I recall BM only provides frame guides and still recorded the full frame anyway - even if you wanted to shoot spherical widescreen at 2:39:1 but I don't own any G2 gear so no idea whats there - if you plan to screen your movie in the theaters I'd go with 24.00 and tell this to your sound dept as well -
If you think it will end up on TV do 23.976 and obviously change the guides to fit ATSC or EBU standards. For safety it's much easier to add black box to a 16:9 for a 1.85 for delivery in 2K - than it is to go the other way in terms of framing. But that is a discussion you should have with your Post people, unless you are post.
There is also this concept called frame safe and title safe and etc.. you might want to google those, so 2.35 is originating ration for wide, while 2.39 is the gated projection ratio - so you can have issues if something is close to frame edge using certain tech, online streaming not being one of them.
And you can always shoot Academy or Square if your project needs it, and track the raw frames about if you care. - My typical setup is to shoot 16:9 where the final is 2.39:1 - so I can scale or stabilize or reframe.