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Sylvain P


 		  Posted: May 28, 2005 - 22:52         Board Thread Link
- 1 min of Color bars with 1KHz Tone at -12 or -14.
- 30 sec. of black with a slide title for 5 sec...
- Black the end of the tape.
- Blacks at 7.5 and Whites at a maximum of 100 IRE.
- Be sure to have all your skin tones adjusted.
- Always work in Drop-Frame format.
- Be sure your audio is well balanced and adjusted. You can use a compressor.
- Try to bring your final tape to the station and ask for comments as soon as possible. If you have someting to change, you will have time to make the adjustments.
- Never be border line.

Last thing, be original, creative and enjoy what you are doing!
 
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 		  Posted: May 28, 2005 - 16:30      
Aloha Paul,

Series are fun. Just remember that. But at the same time they are a chanllenge and a tremendous responsability. If you do everything right, you will have the time of your life and learn priceless experience. So, be prepared to learn and accept any challenges that may come your way.

My Recommendations:

1-like said before PLAN
2-be prepared to finish each one on time at any expense
3-get to know the people at the station you will be submitting too (good relationships go a long ways )


General Program erequirements:

1-run time is generally as follows--
HALF HOUR program is expected to be 28:30
HOUR program is generally 58:30
2-a minute of black at the beginning and end is to be expected
3-as stated before check your stations tape requirements
4-Make sure you are punctual on your submissions!!
5-make sure all material used is either Royalty free stuff or you have gotten the Copyright holders permission
6-make sure you get all necessary permits for your different location shots

...I'll add more as I think of anything else. Keep cutt'n and have great day.

fellow editmonky,
-Mike
 
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 		  Posted: May 28, 2005 - 12:19      
What Stephen said.

Make sure you contact the station and get their requirements for how to set up the program. Usually they want the program to start at 01:00:00:00 so the timeline has to start at a TC prior to that for bars, tone, slate, countdown, etc. Also, make sure you stay within legal video and audio levels.

I do a lot of stuff for national cable stations such as Discovery and they have a five page document that specifies what is acceptable right down to the number of acceptable dropouts.

Good luck and have fun.

 
stephenlnoe

 
 		  Posted: May 28, 2005 - 11:58      
Hi,

1. Plan
2. Plan
3. did I mention plan?

Is it documentary style with narration or other? Sit down with your team and brainstorm the ideas for each episode (or have you been handed scripting and shot list?). You'll find that planning is at least 75% of the job. How many people are on the crew? Write down every idea on it's own index card (even lame ones)and put them in a pile. Now lay them out Jeopardy style and match up the ideas into a coherent show that tells a complete story.

As far as the commercial breaks etc. make sure to talk to the program director at the station and ask what they expect from you.

For delivery I can imagine it will be BetaSP or DVCPro50. Ask the program director what the requirements are for their station.

Did I mention plan? Oh yea, I did.

have fun...

PS. Spare no expense on audio even if you have to go get more equipment. Bad audio kills even the best video production.
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 		  Posted: May 28, 2005 - 07:05     
Hey, guys, I have a new challenge that was recently presented to me, and I need your help.

I keep being given new genres of video productions to work on, and that is fun because it constantly challenges me to learn something new.

The latest one is the county. The county wants to film a smoking cessation program so that they can air it on local cable tv. I did a commercial for the hospital a few months ago, and in doing that I found out that there were a couple of things that I was supposed to do differently to comply with the television people's needs.

We will be shooting 5 thirty minute shows and they will air in chronological order several times in a row over a few months. What do I need to do to make this work? What SHOULD I do to make the taping process easier? I will be using at least 2 cameras, and possibly 3. What does the tv station need for each episode? Should each episode be put back on tape for the tv station, individual tapes? Besides the usual color bars and tone and title, what else do I need to know? Should the show have anything special built in for commercial breaks? How long should each actual show be?

Thanks!

Paul
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