Festival Submission DVD Formatting

ergalthema · 20th March 2010

This is more of a video question, but I'm an audio guy so I'd like to know if anyone here has an opinion. Is there a standard for how DVDs are formatted when they are to be submitted to a festival? Instant play? Menu? How about a slate or bars & tone at the beginning of the video? I know nothing!

If there are options, I'd like to keep it simple.

Also, how would you keep a 2-pop from being affected by a compressor on the master output of my Pro Tools session? Automate the plugin to be off until after the beep? Everything I think of seems a little sloppy.

These probably aren't typically relevant questions for anyone.

thermisonic · 20th March 2010

I would doubt festival prgrammers would be interested in any bars, tone or two pops - this is effectively your preview screening of the film and you wouldn't play tone to an audience unless you were at a Japanese noise art gig. A simple attractive menu with a go button is probably best. I wouldn't send it on a scrawled dvdr in a branded jewel case, put some effort into the physical presentation too.

I think you answered your own question about the 2 pop!

Rob walker

20th March 2010	#1
ergalthema Gear nut Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 141 Thread Starter	Festival Submission DVD Formatting This is more of a video question, but I'm an audio guy so I'd like to know if anyone here has an opinion. Is there a standard for how DVDs are formatted when they are to be submitted to a festival? Instant play? Menu? How about a slate or bars & tone at the beginning of the video? I know nothing! If there are options, I'd like to keep it simple. Also, how would you keep a 2-pop from being affected by a compressor on the master output of my Pro Tools session? Automate the plugin to be off until after the beep? Everything I think of seems a little sloppy. These probably aren't typically relevant questions for anyone.

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20th March 2010	#2
thermisonic Gear Head Joined: Mar 2009 Location: UK Posts: 59	I would doubt festival prgrammers would be interested in any bars, tone or two pops - this is effectively your preview screening of the film and you wouldn't play tone to an audience unless you were at a Japanese noise art gig. A simple attractive menu with a go button is probably best. I wouldn't send it on a scrawled dvdr in a branded jewel case, put some effort into the physical presentation too. I think you answered your own question about the 2 pop! Rob walker