DCP (Digital Cinema Packages), simply, is the digital equivalent of 35mm film. It's the format you would give to a commercial cinema if you wanted your film to be screened on a digital projector, also known as D-Cinema. Just as 35mm is a world wide standard of the size of film, DCP is the same, a film in this format could, hypothetically, be played in any D-Cinema theatre without a problem.
The reason that some directors choose to shoot digitally then format the footage into DCP is down to money. To shoot in digital with the intention of converting that material into a number of 35mm film reels is very expensive. The process known as 'filmout' costs between $40,000 and $50,000 for a typical feature length film. The cost of professionally encoding DCP is around %80 less than the cost of 'filmout', for this reason alone its easy to see why many major studios are leaning more and more toward digital distribution.
Another long term benefit is the fact that a digital file doesn't wear out over time, the quality of image won't be any different on the one thousandth time played compared to the first.
The reason that some directors choose to shoot digitally then format the footage into DCP is down to money. To shoot in digital with the intention of converting that material into a number of 35mm film reels is very expensive. The process known as 'filmout' costs between $40,000 and $50,000 for a typical feature length film. The cost of professionally encoding DCP is around %80 less than the cost of 'filmout', for this reason alone its easy to see why many major studios are leaning more and more toward digital distribution.
Another long term benefit is the fact that a digital file doesn't wear out over time, the quality of image won't be any different on the one thousandth time played compared to the first.
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