My film looks zoomed in on tv's and not computers?i used idvd and FCP

[Directorfilms]

Hi People,

I have finished editing a short film in Final Cut Pro, i exported to quicktime movie, put that in idvd and burnt a dvd. My project was shot and edited in 16:9 pro res 422 HQ

So I play it on my computer, and it looks fine; when i play it in my dvd player it appears to have been zoomed in a bit. So i use my remote control to zoom the screen out so that it appears in the middle of the screen smaller, and i can see the full frame as it was meant to be played. Ive tried playing my dvd on a different tv (all widescreen digital ones) and even through a playstation 2 and it still appears zoomed in. Please help!

 

[jshbckr]

Could be the title-safe/overscan area. With standard definition footage, there is a an area all around the image that tends to be cut off by televisions. There isn't really a whole lot you can do about this.

If you're familiar at all with the print/design world, it would be similar to designing with "bleed" (the extra color that extends beyond the 'cut' lines so you don't end up with white edges along your cuts)

 

[Directorfilms]

thanks jshbckr for your reply,

I am using HD footage, and yes it did come into my mind that it might be the overscan/title safe area. I suppose i will have to live with it, or try and shrink the image in FCP, but then if i do that it will come out fine on a tv but look silly on a computer. Thanks for your help, i will keep searching.