Independent Films and High Definition Video
When you are going to produce an Independent Film, you will have many choices to make as a producer, including where you are going to be able to show your film. There are many film festivals throughout the world. Most of these festivals are showing films made in low to medium resolution video, or as called today, “definition�. Resolution, or definition, is the amount of pixels, or points of light and dark that a image has from side to side, and top to bottom. To have enough resolution, or definition to show your film on a movie screen, you will need to shoot in “High Definition Video�. A high definition film and video is produced with cameras that have enough pixels to “capture� an image with enough resolution, or definition so it can be enlarged to a size big enough for a standard movie screen and have good clarity.
Many “Film Fests� are showing mostly video productions on screens about twelve feet across and this size image will look fine in what is called “1k� or 720 Dpi, (dots, or pixels per inch) to “2k� resolution, or 1080i, which is 1920 DPI horizontal, and 1080 Dpi vertical resolution. These are the two new standards available for Hi-Definition. The old standard is called standard definition, or SD. These cameras are about the same or a small amount better resolution, or definition, than a regular TV, at 640 horizontal by 480 vertical DPI, or dots per inch. There also what are called “4K� cameras available that have 4K or 4000 Dpi or pixels horizontally for almost twice the clarity onscreen. A independent filmmaker needs to know what is available in cameras and “capturing�, or recording gear, how to use the gear, and if a image can be produced that can be shown on standard movie theater screens.
