Hi John,(posted 9292 days ago)It's good you asked this question before getting too deep into your project. The answer really depends on who you are planning to use for your video to film transfer. The reason being that different companies have different processes to compensate for the 6 frame/12 field frame rate difference between video (30) and film (24).
Some companies simply throw out every fifth field, which can cause problems in scenes with a lot of motion AND even worse when using the frame movie mode on the XL1.
Other companies use an interpolation process that averages the fields to reduce them down to 24 frames.
I'm doing some video to film test right now that I will be commenting on in the newsletter in the near future. I recommend you shot some for your project as well. Most companies will do 2 to 5 min video to 16mm or 35mm test for a couple of hundred dollars.
Good luck!
-Maxie Collier