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Workshop 1 Part 1 - Professional Video Technical Productions

Written by: Mo Al-Kaf | Posted on: | Category: Workshop

Professional Roles and Tasks

  • Roles in Video Productions

  • Industry standard in film & TV is Avid - therefor it is good to have a basis.

  • Shooting Sage Main Roles

    • Director
      • Anything Creative
      • Set/acting/look/sound
      • Does not direct all member of crew on set.
    • Producer
      • Finish the shoot,
      • all logistics,
      • all organising,
      • Responsible for the delivery of the product in spec and in time.
      • They can over ride director as in charge of finances

  • DOP (director of photographer) / or simply Camera Operator

  • Sound Recorder

  • Slate or Clapper board is a way to keep sound and video synchronised.

  • On set there is a role called DIT (digital image Technician)

    • What is given to post production people is correct and not cause problems
      • At end go day, make arrive (Exact Copy) Making rushes. Considered archives when it exist on two different devices, kept in different location for safety.
        • Harddrive is only for archive - No other data include with the rushes.

  • POST Productions Roles:

    • Editor
      • Small production they do all, but if larger there, they do the creative decisions. They my not log the material. Such as Assistant Editor.
        • Logging
        • Sound mix
        • DIT Role
        • Grading

  • Creative Decisions - Producer has final say, but can be director cut. WHen there is a difference.

  • DIT Role of archiving,

    • how to properly copy and archive data video files.
      • By copying everything in the root location go the memory card and dragging all contents into new folder in each different location.
        • Location depend on industry - Can be used on a server
          • For CMP to use server to rushes archive - need 2 week advance to Ed - Course intern.
            • Benefit of server cant loose data and usual in a fire proof room. For high importance, this is more safer option.

Adobe Software - Premiere

  • Adobe only links to files location -
    • So when moving it losses the links. So important for location area.
  • Originally not for broadcast, mainly multimedia.
    • Doesn’t do actual management of files
      • Media encoder might open. So not the best fort workflow management,
      • Adobe Application Prelude is used to to ingest video material with more Options and easier way.
      • In Prelude easier to log and create subclass such as FCPX