CHAPTER 4
More on the Technical Side
The high definition family of formats is complicated at first glance, but once one becomes used to the various options, it becomes friendlier and less challenging. When the dust settles and when analog broadcasting becomes a thing of the past, much of the confusion and technological nightmares will come to an end.
This chapter focuses on a few more of the technical issues related to high definition production and postproduction that are crucial to understanding the challenges of HD.
Frame Rates
Many productions prefer to shoot in 1080i59.94 because the majority of high definition broadcasters use this frame size and rate.
As mentioned earlier, ABC and ESPN chose 720p59.94, a progressive format, as their ...
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