January 6, 2010 5:44 PM PST
Hi,
We're currently working on getting a TV docu-series (travel show) proposal put together. As part of this, others have convinced us that we would be well-served shooting a short, promotional "teaser" trailer for the show. For both financial and practical reasons, we've decided to shoot it on my current camcorder, which is a nice 3 CCD camcorder, but not hi-def. It does have a very good-quality anamorphic wide-screen mode, though. I'm thinking we should shoot in this mode, though I've heard (and experienced a bit) that this format can be troublesome to burn to DVD for presentation. Any thoughts on whether we should shoot in widescreen or 4/3 format? Would production company and TV execs frown more on the low-def in standard or widescreen? I just don't have time to learn or finances to purchase a good hi-def camera just for this promotional short, and we leave to begin shooting quite soon. Thanks for any input.
