DVD Burning Fully Operational

[Scott Nocella]

I've completed transferring Super 8 mm footage to Mini-DV and then to DVD via my system (Final Cut Pro). I wanted to announce that if anyone wants to burn their film to DVD with interviews, trailers, and directors comments......I'm ready to go. I want to bring that to the table since we all can help each other with our skills. It's just a matter of being supplied with the correct information(Photoshop files, and a master in Beta, DVCAM, or Mini-DV). I could then do it at a lower price.....but if design is needed to complete the project I can do that as well. The beautiful thing is that DVD's have 5.1 Surround Sound.....not a bad way to go to show your project off to an interested party (investor, partner, and potential crew for next film). I've got GoKo TC-20 transfer units that I picked up as a result of reading comments from this board.....thanx guys. If anybody needs help with their system (Final Cut Pro) I'll try and help out as best I can.

Peace and Light,

Scott

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[Alex]

One fun and serendipitous thing to do.

Go to your local Circuit City, or Good Guys, or Best Buys, and verify your newly burned DVD plays in ALL of the DVD machines.

Especially the cheapest DVD machines they sell.

If they don't have the DVD's hooked up to a TV, then usually the front display of the DVD will still display information that lets you know the DVD is playing properly.

The lowest priced DVD's are less tolerant when playing back home-made DVD's, I have no idea why.

If your self-made DVD plays back in the low-end model with no problems, congratulations.

If you get to see your own DVD played back on the TV's, serendipity may step in and someone may notice your work...what the heck.

(you might want to bring two or three DVD's to ensure reliability from one DVD to the next)

Matt, DVD's...come and get it!

Roger, did you sell all the rights to Jet Benny, maybe you have the DVD rights and don't even know it.

-Alex

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[MovieStuff]

Hah! You may be right! I'll have to check my contract, if I can find it....

Good idea about playing back in cheap DVD's. I know some video CD's and CD roms have a tricky time in different machines.

Roger

[Scott Nocella]

So far so Good....played in 2 Sonys and a Samsung....it's been good so far. I'll go off to the store and try out the low end units...but I've had no complaints yet.

Scott

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[Alex]

I only brought the issue of compatibility up because a client of mine mentioned he once received a DVD from someone who had their own burner, they had paid between $5,000-$7,000 dollars for the burner!

The darn DVD wouldn't work.

So he went into a store that sold DVD machines, and discovered that the DVD played in the high end units but not in the low end units.

Wow, be the first on your block to buy something for an arm and a leg that only kinda sorta works...yech!

Good Luck, I'm sure it will play fine.

-Alex



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[Scott Nocella]

DVDs are made from the MPEG 2 format and that's good quality....the sound is outrageous(if location sound was done with this in mind or mixed in post for a 5 channel mix with an LFE channel then you'd have theater sound)....and if anybody had that in mind before they shot their film to do behind the scenes shots, photos, and interviews....or if your're close I'll come and do it.....then you've got yourself something that gives the feel of a full bodied piece(Great Visuals and Audio)....scenes that you didn't want to cut out can be included as supplemental and acceesed via a button.....if you have a website I can link it up on the DVD so that if it's played on a computer the user can hit your website with the click of a mouse.

There are so many applications for this...I want to share this with all of you so we can all hire one another out....and then we've got a community of good people around the world working together....that's a support system.....

I've learned a lot from being freelance over the years and I know one thing.....I want to work with people I trust and like.

So here goes.....let's create some beauty and run with it....

Peace and Light,

Scott

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[xclark]

scott, how much would it cost if i sent a mini DV tape with 30 minutes of stuff edited just ready to burn? i don't have anything like that ready, i'm just curious.

thanks, and i'm glad that there are so many people willing to help each other out with regards to Super 8.

clark

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[Alex]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Courier, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by xclark:
scott, how much would it cost if i sent a mini DV tape with 30 minutes of stuff edited just ready to burn? i don't have anything like that ready, i'm just curious.

thanks, and i'm glad that there are so many people willing to help each other out with regards to Super 8.

clark
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Keep in mind, chapters indexing is a very cool feature, Scott, you might consider making a "menu" so people could know what all their options are.

-Alex



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[Matt Pacini]

Give me details on what I would have to do, and how much it would cost to transfer my film to DVD.
I have my feature, Lost Tribes, (81 minutes) on tape, as well as of course the Premier files, and I can save it as whatever file format Premier can save out.
Also, I have the trailer, and I have many hours on S-VHS tape (that I still need to digitize and edit down) of the documentary, that a woman shot, who followed me around for 3 1/2 years while making the film.
How much of that could fit on the DVD? (How short do I need to make the documentary?).
I don't want tons of extras, just basic stuff.
I do graphic design as my day job, so I can do whatever you mean by "Photoshop work".
Can you be more specific, or did I miss something?
Thanks!

Matt Pacini

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[Scott Nocella]

Matt,

Lets look at this project like so. We need a user interface which you can design in photoshop. A user interface is really a background picture with layers of text and/or objects. The interface is going to be the 1st thing that comes up when the DVD gets inserted into the player. On that background you'll have either objects and/or text as other layers that I can use as buttons to access the visual material(Film, behind the scenes shots, interview with you, etc.). That would help me out immensely. I need to know what version of photoshop you have as well....I have version 5.5. So ultimately picture this.....you take a still picture from your film and use it as a backgorund....then you either put titles and/or objects that the viewer can select from to play your film, and access other special features that you are supplying me with. The total time for a 4.7GB disc is 2 hours. A 2 hour burn with supplied graphic work in photoshop would be $225.00 including stock, plus shipping. Put everything to Mini-DV and that would be easiest for me....or Betacam format. I can create a disc that is longer than 2 hours but that I would have to rent out a DLT drive and send out the tape to give you what you need....in which case the costs go up a bit.

I hope that answers your questions.

Scott

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