Export via Quick Time ends up being pixelated and poor quality

I shoot my student film on an Arri S camera with 16mm color stock. I got my film back to me from the school on a DV tape and imported it into FCP HD on my camcorder. When I went to export it onto a DVD for my actors, the film looks horrible! The blacks are really pixelated and the colors aren't as crisp as they were on film. I was told that it should look the same because we made the movie on better equipment and FCP won't lessen that, but at the same time FCP can't make poor quality work any better. Can someone tell me how to export my film without losing the 16mm quality. I don't want it to look digital, I spent a lot to get the real film stock. Thanks!

1- The film is 6 minutes long
2- I don't know where to find out about the bit rates
3- The audio is simple, just 48 khz stereo.
When using DV format, what's the difference in DV, DVPRO, etc.?
The movie was filmed 24 fps, but then put onto a dv tape for me, so I assume they transferred it at 29.97 fps. Should I now use NTSC or stick to PAL? Basically, anymore compression makes the film look really bad and unusable for festivals, which ultimately was the whole purpose of my blood, sweat, and tears behind this film.
Thanks for all your help and any more questions you need answered to solve this problem I'd be more than happy to answer.

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I have been working on a project and finally finished. Exported it and the quality is terrible. I have determined it has something to do with the titling that I have in the video. As when I put a title into its own sequence it has the same problem. Or if I just do the video it is just fine. So for the purposes of figuring it out, I am working on a single title 5 seconds long, and been exporting. So far I can't figure it out. I have traditionally used still titles without movement....and dslr video. This has always exported fine for me. But now that I am trying to add a little motion in the title, it has caused me a lot of grief.
Here is what I am trying to do with the title
- Still Title that just says 'Black and White' with black background and white lettering. Simple...
- I have adjusted the keyframes under the scaling so that the title appears to be coming at you. Small to Big (also tried the zoom effect, but didn't work either)
- Have added the Fast Blur In effect - so that the words ' Black and White' are blurred and then come into focus using keyframes.
Here is a image of kind of what it looks like.
Thats it. I have been very frustrated with this and would appreciate any help possible. My sequence is DSLR 1080p 30fps preset.
Thanks in advance.
Dustin

Thanks for your help!
To make things a little easier, I have posted a video to vimeo to give you an idea of the pixelation on the title and the accompanying video. Vimeo Password = adobehelp
https://vimeo.com/113863440
Also, here is a picture of how I have the scale and blur in the timeline.

JAN 4, 2012 As of the Upgrade to   Lion,. and the Email portion, ..   DOES NOT allow a Video Clip to be sent via the Email as the I-Photo is not supported by Video Clips ( Previous Leopard No problem clip and drag via Quick Time Pro to the email

JAN 4, 2012
As of the Upgrade to   Lion,.   2007 I-Mac -   the Email portion, ..   DOES NOT    allow a Video Clips to be sent via the Email
as the I-Photo is not supported by Video Clips ( Previous Leopard )
No problem clip and drag via Quick Time Pro to the email and select the Attchment size to send. . Depending on the
Size of the Video Clip ..      Now Lion only Export's   1 size, .   only and as a result . . teh File is TOO Large and
Will NOT send via E-Mail    ???
Between the   Issue of   the   Lion, and Email issues ,   and the   Upgrade of   I-Touch to 5.1 from 4.2.1
as my Photo Size is Huge ..    70,000 + photos in the Computer. .   and was   40,000 in the   I - Touch .. .
The New I-Touch too will not Load the same as Previously used on either my 16 GB   or 32 GB   Unit . .
          No Help . ..   so far, .. as a Apple user   since   1996 ..    I have Never experieanced such frustration    ???
               ( any one have some help if similar experiances    ?     thank you     )

JAN 4, 2012
As of the Upgrade to   Lion,.   2007 I-Mac -   the Email portion, ..   DOES NOT    allow a Video Clips to be sent via the Email
as the I-Photo is not supported by Video Clips ( Previous Leopard )
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Size of the Video Clip ..      Now Lion only Export's   1 size, .   only and as a result . . teh File is TOO Large and
Will NOT send via E-Mail    ???
Between the   Issue of   the   Lion, and Email issues ,   and the   Upgrade of   I-Touch to 5.1 from 4.2.1
as my Photo Size is Huge ..    70,000 + photos in the Computer. .   and was   40,000 in the   I - Touch .. .
The New I-Touch too will not Load the same as Previously used on either my 16 GB   or 32 GB   Unit . .
          No Help . ..   so far, .. as a Apple user   since   1996 ..    I have Never experieanced such frustration    ???
               ( any one have some help if similar experiances    ?     thank you     )

My project is finish with final cut 4 when i export on quick time a window open and says (error 34 ) is anyone knows what is the problem tanks DENIS

my project is finish with final cut 4 when i export via quick time a window open and says (error 34 ) what is the problem .
i've made many transfers before and every time it was excellent thanks denis

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Anybody know if there's a way to export a Quick Time REFERENCE file (not a full Quick Time .mov)?
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every time i try to do export with quick time i got problems :
green line
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