Making sense of the digital cinema package dcp
So, you've finally finished your film and the festival is asking for a digital cinema package dcp, but you aren't quite sure where to start or why you can't just send them a high-quality MOV file. It's basically the modern-day equivalent of those massive, heavy film reels we used to see in the back of theaters, just shrunk down into a digital folder that lives on a hard drive or gets sent through a high-speed transfer. If you want your work to actually show up on a massive cinema screen without looking pixelated or sounding thin, this is the format you're going to need. ...