Telecine Transfer (Film Workflow)
When shooting is complete for the day, the following components are delivered to the telecine operator:
The telecine operator generates the dailies (a videotape containing the day’s shots) by transferring the film and audio to a videotape. The shootlists will be used as a guide.
2 Enter the Tape name or Sound Roll name (whichever was used during the production) character for character into the telecine.
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3 Using the camera assistant’s shootlist, locate the film frame representing the first keycode position of the film in the shootlist (which should be just before the slate is clapped).
4 Locate the film to the first frame where the slate clap occurs, and note the timecode position displayed on the slate.
5 Locate the audio to the exact timecode position listed on the slate in the film frame (which lines up the audio with the film).
6 Play back the film and audio to test that they are synchronized. If they are not synchronized, make small manual adjustments as needed until the film and audio are synchronized.
7 Once the film and audio are properly synchronized, lock the film and audio in place.
8 Insert a blank videotape into the VTR connected to the telecine, and manually assign linear timecode (LTC) information to the videotape.
9 Begin the telecine capture. During the telecine capture, the following occurs:
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The telecine begins capturing the synchronized film and audio to the videotape, with linear timecode (LTC) being assigned to the videotape beginning from where you entered the start timecode.
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A FLEx file is created, where scene and take information is automatically written and associated to the film keycode and telecine videotape timecode relative to audio timecode.
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10 When the telecine transfer is complete, deliver the following to the Avid editor: