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Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan
I believe another benefit to shooting with HD cameras is the speed in which titles can be released to the home video market. I think it allows one to skip steps in the process of converting film to digital information. It also eliminates the studios issues with the proper storage of film to prevent decay. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Not really. If your film has any sort of CGI, it'll have to be added in.
The real value in shooting in HD is reduced cost. Tapes are cheaper than film stock. Some systems don't even use tapes but hard drives.
The other value is you can view the dailies right after the take off the tape/HDD. Instead of waiting for precious time to see if the focus is correct, you get to see it right there on your on-the-set plasma/LCD display.
If the movie is meant for direct-to-BD/DVD market and has minimal CGI, then that does expedient things some.
As far as archival work is concerned, it is easier to store. You just can make multiple copies of the uncompressed movie on tape/HDD and store them in various vaults you have.
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