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Is my dvd defective?

posted 16 years ago by Kfingaz
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I watched the movie but the whole movie looked like it had blur motion or trail motion, ex: when people move, walk, run etc. they look like they were skipping. Is anyone else copy like this?

Thanks in advance.

[–] astrozombie50 16 years ago

I read your post to my brother who owns the movie and he says his copy wasn't like that at all.

[–] jivetalkinhonkey 16 years ago

Your brother might be blind. There's apparently an issue with the image quality, related to how it was shot- it looks like utter crap.

[–] berniegrim 16 years ago

I doubt it's the DVD, more so it's the actual production. One thing I remember was the focus kept going in and out when I watched it. I'm not sure if this was done on purpose or not.

[–] AirRaidPatrol 12 years ago

It's inexcusable that a film should be released like this by a mainstream distributor, but selfishly I am pleased it is not just my DVD.

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[–] hitnwalz 16 years ago

if i were you, i'd exchange it for something good.

[–] jenta2005 16 years ago

Yeagh, I rented the piece of crap and it had the same problem. Very poor quality, the camera work and the movie itself.

[–] j_diddy411 16 years ago

I think the amature "filmmakers" either did it on purpose or most likely ruined the video while rendering it and were not able to fix it up. What I would really love to know is why on earth Dimension Films released this junk? Why get involved with this project when it's not fit for exhibition even on DVD?

[–] jhorton2003 15 years ago

The movie looks like it was shot on a dvx.

It looks to me like it was either captured or exported wrong.

If you shoot 24p advanced you still have to actually edit on a 29.97 timeline.

I had a similar problem on a movie I edited, but figured out the problem and fixed it. It seems weird that a movie would get all the way through distribution with a company like Dimension without fixing the problem.

[–] jivetalkinhonkey 14 years ago

It was shot on a DVX, but shooting in 24p advanced actually allows you to edit in a 24p timeline, provided you log and capture at 24p.

What happened with AT seems to be that they shot regular 24p, not in 24pA mode, which basically gives you a 24p but stored as 29.97. There are no flags in the footage for the NLE to import the 24 frames, so the editing system sees it as 29.97 and you're stuck with interlaced "24p-look" footage, not actual 24p (or 23.98).

So, the AT guys shot in 29.97 and thought for some reason they'd need to do a filmout and probably did something stupid like reverse telecine 29.97 without determining the proper cadence (which would be impossible to find after editing, as the proper cadence is broken each time there is an edit) resulting in the choppy look.

Sounds like the director either thought it was cool or decided to say it was intentional to cover his ass. No matter how you look at it, it reeks of amateur hour.

[–] phoebuz62 12 years ago

no, the movie is defective.

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