Best price DCP service for Short Films
We want to help you show your film to the world!
You will neend a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) for your short film to be screened in a cinema.
We offer a fast efficient service with a 2-3 working day turnaround. A priority service for festival deadlines is also available!
Visit our new DCP page here too for more information and links.
Rates
Best Rates in London. Short film DCPs from just £100!
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DCPs can be produced in both 2K and 4K resolution – many cinema screens are now capable of showing 4K so if your project has been shot at 4K and above this will give you the best result for your film. Use the quote tools above to check out our great rates for 4K DCPs.
Additional services
Speed conversions from 25fps to 24fps
Picture re-sizing to conform to DCI spec
Stereo sound to 5.1 audio conversion
Priority service
CRU DataPort drive – optional at additional cost of £150
Review your final grade in our colour-calibrated 3m projection suite before encoding for DCP – available on request at an additional cost
Got your own hard drive?
Need more deliverables on different formats? Blu-Ray, DVD, Digibeta or HD Cam?
Need somewhere to grade and finish your film too?
Then get in touch! We are here to help, with solutions and prices to match all sorts projects.
What we need
Our fast, efficient and cost effective service is based on the assumption that you provide your files to us in a format that is ready to go straight into the DCP process.
Often short films are not finished to the same technical specifications as a major feature film. Therefore it is important you review the following guidelines to produce the best possible file for Digital Cinema Package creation.
- 1. Bring us an exported full resolution version of the FINISHED film. Ideally your exported file should be in a DPX or TIFF format. Otherwise it should be in Apple Prores 4444 codec or AVID DNxHD 444, the best you can produce.
- 2. Your exported file is at 24fps*
- 3. Your exported file resolution fits the cinema standard of the following type: 2K – FULL 2048 x 1080 FLAT 1998 x 1080 or SCOPE 2048 x 858. 4K – FULL 4096 × 2160, FLAT 3996 × 2160 or SCOPE 4096 × 1716. HD projects will be at 1920 x 1080, which you can upscale or we can do this for you**
- 4. Your mixed audio is at 48khz and in 24-bit WAV or AIFF with separate channels for 5.1 or 3.0 RLC
- 5. You must also supply a low-res export for reference purposes (eg. mp4,quicktime)
- 6. Clearly label your exported file. To help us even further please label it in the following format: “Night_of_the_Hungry_Dead_FINISHED_FOR_DCP_Stereo_15mins_24fps_23_12_11.mov
* DCP plays at 24fps only. If your project is at 25fps, we can adjust the frame rate for you, the film will become slightly longer and the audio will need to be slowed by 1fps and re-aligned.
** The DCP compliance standard is Flat 1.85 (1998 x 1080) and Scope 2.39 (2048 x 858). We will upscale your pictures to comply with this. Therefore we recommend HD projects be exported as big as they can be to minimise the amount of upscaling required.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have questions or require and further information or assistance with creating your DCP.
Here is some further reading that you may find useful:
Read this DCP blog from our very own CTO – it gives you a great outline of how to prepare your assets for DCP: http://www.jamesmilnersmyth.com/prepare-project-dcp-digital-cinema-package/
Wikipedia Digital Cinema Package page – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Cinema_Package
The Digital Cinema Initiatives website – http://www.dcimovies.com/