Michael Brown
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Thank you for this very useful information. No, proofing is not fun. Things were much simpler back in the VHS days.
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
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We use Southwest Captioning Service. Contact Steve Joyner,
swcap1@flash.net
972-991-5603
Reasonable rates, I think, when compared to WGBH and others.
Sorry, I don’t have a lead on production insurance.
I hope this is helpful.Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
Many newer players sold in Europe can play NTSC DVDs. This happens in a couple of ways.
1. The player simply switches to NTSC and sends out an NTSC signal. For that to work, the TV or monitor must also sense and switch to NTSC.
2. The player does a standards conversion and sends out a PAL signal viewable on a PAL monitor. I’ve heard the results may be good or bad.
So my assumption is that they are using older gear that’s not very agile.
If you are playing DVDs on a computer, it won’t matter. Computers don’t care.
I hope this is helpful.Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
So is there a difference, lubrication or otherwise, between Panny DVM63MQ and DVM63PQ?
—MikeMike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
If you are talking about a “window dub,” we do this all the time using a standalone DVD recorder. The signal is composite from the timecoded source (Betacam, DVCAM, whatever), using the deck’s built-in window, to the the DVD recorder. If we are using the Avid, we run its TC output through a Horita window generator.
We also make DVD “scoring prints” for our music composer and for our closed captioner. For that, we record timecode on audio channel 2 of the DVD.
You should be able to do the same once it’s downconverted.Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
The camera runs at 24p. The tape is still recorded at 29.97 with a 2:3:2:3 pulldown or 2:3:3:2 pulldown with 24pA. Just like a film to tape transfer. If you use the camera’s deck to record, it should be a 29.97 project, assuming it’s NTSC.
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
The DVX100A records only 29.97 NTSC regardless of the frame cadence configuration. “24p” is 2:3:2:3 or 2:3:3:2.
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
We use MS Access to track all media production information, including billing (we do internal chargebacks), and the media library. It’s basically a relational database that starts with a single job record. Each job has a “production number” assigned automatically by Access. We’re up to #8633.
Under the basic information, title, client, address, etc., there may (sometimes not) be 1 to 100s of media elements, tapes, discs, reels, etc. Each media element gets a simple, unique serial number, officially called the “Vault number.” There’s no need in my opinion for any complicated naming structure. We’re up to #10245. This number is the “tape name” during editing and shows up in EDLs, asset lists, and anything else that refers to source media. We don’t necessarily keep detailed logs of each reel, but we could if we had the staff to do it. However, each record for each element has both a keyword and a synopsis field that describes in general what’s on the tape. “Interview with Betty Boop about stroke. Camera roll 1 of 4” is usually sufficient to find what we need.
There are many resources about designing relational databases. You can use some of the templates that come with database programs to get you going, or you can hire a programmer to save some time. Sorry for the length. I hope this is helpful.Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
Put a black cloth over the glass, between it and the camera as in a regular prompter rig. Otherwise it will reflect whatever is on the ceiling back into the lens.
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association -
Many times. What is the question?
Mike Brown
Video/Film Producer
American Heart Association