Movie Gets Big Too Fast

Any suggestions on how to keep movie file size down to fit on one DVD?
Am doing a family wedding video. But I'm over 3.5 gb and it's only 14 +/- minutes of raw clips at the highest quality setting. The wedding's not nearly over yet, forget about the before the wedding stuff and the reception.
For sure I'll trim and cut, but there's a ton of stuff I want to include, like music and slides, not to mention a lot more video footage and transitions. I'll also have to clean up the audio for the vows and all that and put it back in.
I know there are different quality settings. But I don't want to have to release the wedding on several DVDs. I will if I have to but would like to try to get it all onto one DVD.
What is your feeling about the compression settings available in iMovie? Any suggestions? Quality vs. Length. . .
And does file size matter with DVDs the same way audio CD's are based on time? Or am I comparing apples and oranges?
Thanks.
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Now are you talking about importing into iMovie?
Hi Frisbo.
I'm new to iLife and Quicktime, so bear with me, if you will.
Importing digitized hi-8 analog video into iMovie 6.0.2, where I intend to edit. Ultimately it will be burned to DVD for home TV viewing.
I was planning to go to iDVD 6.0.2. I have Quicktime 7.1.1 Pro. So one or all of those programs will be the route.
This is not for commercial release so I have a little leeway, though naturally the better the quality, the better my dinners will be when I visit the newlyweds
If thats what you are planning to do, you might have to
export with the 2nd best video size. (CD-ROM). That
will save up a ton of space, but you won't get the
GREATEST video quality, but you can get quality that
your able to see.
Is that gonna work?
Yes. Definitely helpful and I've done a couple tests based on your comments. Thanks.
That leads me to refine the question for an expansion from you:
Before I actually burn a DVD as a test, do you know how long playtime a DVD will hold at that resolution you mention? Up to 90 minutes or so?
And should I grab from my camera at the highest resolution and work in highest rez and then only worry about compression when outputting? I have plenty of ram.
Or is it better to keep the same quality from capture to edit to burn?

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