Metadata Suggestions

[Tim Jones]

I’ve just gotten started in multi-cam shoots, but I like to include Camera info beyond the EXIF data (which camera, which type of SD/CF card). Also, if you’re doing a lot of outdoor shooting, things like temperature and generalized sky conditions (I actually take shots of the sky at the start and end of a shoot) can also be important for later examination of a clip.

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[Angelo Lorenzo]

It’s hard to say because every facility will have an idea of what’s important and what isn’t. I would poll your other editors/AEs who are actually searching for footage.

If you’re adding metadata you’ll never search for, you’re giving yourself extra work.

I always think keywording is a good idea with at least the client name and the date of the shoot in year month day format like 20130807 as file/camera date may not always be accurate for a number of reasons.

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[Joseph W. bourke]

Depending upon how you would search will be to a great extent the determining factor in what your Metadata structure is. I’m not waffling here, but there are so many possible ways to label your media (location, shot type, interior/exterior, client, MOS/SOT, timecode, date, frame and pixel aspect ratio, voice-over content, etc.), that you could end up overdoing and over-thinking the process.

Here’s some useful food for thought on how to proceed:

https://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/metadata-and-digital-video

…followed by a look at how some organizations who have millions of things to keep track of do it:

https://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/controlling-your-language-links-to-metadata-vocabularies/

…and some info on how PPro, AE, and other Adobe products work with the Metadata:

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSE2397406-3FEB-43df-868D-68EB20BBC021.html

Sorry to bury you with information, but the time you spend on the front end determining what’s important to your project structure will reflect on the back end when you can actually find things you need. The main trick will be consistent keywording, use of both metadata and labeling, and putting someone in charge of overseeing metadata. One more thing, here’s a link to an article I wrote on Managing Broadcast Assets in Bridge for the COW Magazine:

https://library.creativecow.net/bourke_joseph/magazine_27-Adobe-Bridge/1

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[Matthew Richie]

Thanks for the helpful links. It looks like this is a discussion that can be as deep and wide as you want it to be!