Tapeless Workflow Management

Course Details
All genres of TV and cinema are moving over to file-based production from traditional methods using tape and film. The new technologies are still evolving, and fresh skills are involved at many points in the production process. The course gives an overview of tapeless technologies and processes from camera to distribution. Participants have the opportunity to shoot using tapeless cameras and gain hands-on experience of managing the file transfer process and preparing for the edit. Sony, Panasonic, Apple and Avid systems are used.

Course Type
A mix of lecture-style presentation, demonstration and hands-on practical

Topics Covered

• General principles of file-based production
• Advantages and disadvantages, and cost implications
• Choice of file-based storage media
• Image formats and frame rates for SD and HD
• Metadata and ‘wrappers’
• The solutions available from particular manufacturers
• Secure procedures for dealing with data
• Use of specific software for offload, backup, logging and general file-management
• Ingest process for FCP and Avid editing
• Overview of file-based distribution

This course is aimed at
Camera operators and assistants, edit assistants and editors, producers and PAs

Pre-requisites
Experience of the above mentioned job roles on tape-based or film productions