Hi Everyone,

I have a plan for a 10-15 minute Music Video, thats as much I'm going to reveal about it for now, its not a commercial project but a fun personal one, I wanted to be a surprise when I finally release it.

I want to get my facts straight before I dive deep into it, since it will consume a lot of my personal time and as well render times.  I have done a bit of research already and would like to get some opinions from you fantastic people.

Resolution:
"Full HD" (1920x1080 pixels) I figure might as well work with the highest HD resolution and than downgrade if I decide to release as Flash or DVD.

Frame Rate: 24, 25, 30?? This is where things get confusing for me, I was told that if I want a film-like quality, I need to add a 1/48th second motion blur to simulate film shutter and render at 23.976 fps.

I was also told that to get a faster yet progressive look, I should render at 29.97.

and Finally I was told that to get a silky-smooth motion, I should render at 59.94 and interlace into 29.97 using a utility program like avisynth.

its important for me to get these facts straight right at the start of the project, rather than figure it out in the middle of it and have to re-start.

Output Format:
Sequenced BMP? PSD?  I have done some tests to uncompressed AVI and the results are strange and I'm not sure if its because its too demanding on my system or not.  So should I output to single images and assemble them in something like Sony's Vegas studio?

any advice suggestions would be appreciated.

Render Nodes:
I'm going to utilize 2 Desktops and 2 Laptops.  The desktops are single core, but the laptops are dual core.  Off the top of my head, I think Carrara 6 Pro allows for 5 Nodes?  Now does that mean that each core is considered a Node? or 1 PC = 1 Node?  Any suggestions on optimizing render using Multiple PC's?