 ALCHEMIST PhC – HD
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What it does |
When should I use it? |
Snell and Wilcox’s latest Motion Compensating HD Standards Converter. State-of-the-art, takes care of the tricky area of image movement to provide clear smooth sharp results.
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To convert from one HD Standard to another. |
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ALCHEMIST
PLATINUM PhC |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Snell and Wilcox’s premier SD Standards Converter. Also up-converts archive or SD material to HD.
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To up convert any Archive or SD material to be included in an HD programme. |
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ADR (Automated Dialogue
Replacement) |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
A sound technique involving the re-recording of dialogue in the studio matching the original lip-sync.
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When some of the sound quality of the dialogue is poor and needs to be replaced, or you’re unhappy with the artist’s performance.
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AUDIO MIX |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
The blending of all the tracks to produce a polished, mixed sound with extra added effects and music.
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To mix the component tracks to provide final programme sound. |
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COMPOSITING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
| The blending together of multiple images on a television picture.
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Whenever the final picture is to be a combination of separate components.
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CONFORM |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
‘Conversion’ of offline material to broadcast quality. Sometimes also referred to as an ‘autoconform’. The Edit Decision List (EDL) is taken to a non-linear or linear environment to recreate each cut decided upon in the prior offline session.
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To recreate the programme in broadcast quality by using the original rushes, not compressed, digitised media. |
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CONTENTAGENT |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
System for manual and automated capture, transcoding and distribution of digital media files.
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To transfer to/from most media files from/to most tape formats for editing, delivery or web pages. |
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DIGITISING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
To transfer source material to a digital signal, usually on a hard disk or shared storage (Unity or similar). N.B. Not required if you are editing in a linear environment (tape to tape).
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To transfer the material from source tapes i.e. programme rushes or archive material into the edit computer. May be carried out at the start of an edit session or in an earlier booking. Ideally, material will already have been shot, logged and the editor will have been given timecodes and tape numbers from which to digitise.
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DUB |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
A copy of a tape, or part of a tape, is made by recording to another tape.
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For compilation of inserts for a programme or edit. |
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DUBBING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
The blending of music, effects and dialogue to give a finished result. Usually in a dubbing theatre with high quality loudspeakers and good acoustics.
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Where a more sophisticated sound mix is required than is possible in an edit. |
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DVNR |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Video Noise Reduction.
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To reduce or eliminate the appearance of video noise and film grain.
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FOLEY |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
A separate and additional recording process designed to supplement, and make more realistic, the track of background effects.
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To produce the international M&E mix which must be dialogue free. |
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FORMAT TRANSFER
SERVICES/COPYSHOP |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
FTS offer a wide range of transfers from most formats, from HDCAM & Digibeta to VHS & DVD, with a range of audio formats. They can also transfer to and from most PC/Web files.
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To transfer from one format/file type to another. |
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GRADING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Colour correction of individual shots or entire scenes either to correct an overall colour cast or to create a particular mood.
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Where scenes require correction due to shooting variations or an overall effect is required. |
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HD LINEAR EDIT |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
HD layer added on-top of the SD facilities so it can work at SD or HD resolutions.
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For fast turnaround linear HD tape editing. It has access to HDCam SR, HDCam and Digibeta tape machines, booked separately. It offers full HD picture monitoring. A HD caption generator can be hired in to provide HD captioning.
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HD TECH REVIEW |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Dedicated High Definition Technical Review and QAR facility equipped with a comprehensive range of monitoring tools to review and analyse HD and multichannel audio material.
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For programmes being delivered as HD masters for SD broadcast. Part of the review process is down-converting to SD. If a HD programme passes it's Tech Review a down-convert to Digibeta is made.
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LAYBACK |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
To add the final sound mix to the master tape.
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At the end of the sound mix. |
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LINEAR TAPE EDIT |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Pictures and sound are transferred from one tape to another in a linear manner.
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Where the programme is working to a tight deadline, or limited editing is required i.e. compilations or tidying a multicamera record, replacing shots and polishing, adding Astons etc.
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OFFLINE |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Sound and pictures are edited to create the story. Media at this stage is not broadcast quality.
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To enable edit decisions to be taken in an inexpensive edit environment. Also appropriate when considerable quantities of rushes are involved.
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ONLINE |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Pictures and sound are broadcast quality.
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All programmes pass through the online edit at some stage. Whether they go straight to online – for time, or creative requirements – or are conformed in a non-linear environment and need a few tweaks and graphics added. Some short programmes also go straight to an online environment if they have small quantities of source material.
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QUALITY CHECK |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Although the Quality Check has a similar technical assessment to the Tech Review the processes are different, so tapes ready for transmission should have a Technical Review booked instead.
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To check the technical quality of a tape which may be used for future transmission, or if there are technical elements in doubt which may need further investigation.
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QAR (Quality Assessment Review) |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
More detailed, technical assessment of a programme required by BBC Worldwide and most outside companies prior to accepting programmes for sale or supply to a co-producer.
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For all co-produced programmes and those to be sold. |
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RENDERING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
The process by which a compositing device creates the new picture.
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Whenever a non-linear device creates an effect that it is unable to replay in real time.
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REMASTERING |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
A service for both film and tape sources using sophisticated grading systems. This is backed up by blemish and sparkle removal (DVASC), digital noise reduction (DVNR) and audio clean up with CEDAR Dehiss & Declickle processing.
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When remastering archive material to HD. When transferring negatives. |
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TECH REVIEW |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
The Technical Review does not consider editorial or contractual issues, but instead focuses on and measures the technical quality.
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All recorded programmes must pass a BBC tech review prior to transmission on any BBC channel. It should only take place once the programme is ready for transmission, with no further editing required.
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TELECINE |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Machine to transform film to a video and sound signal that is recorded to tape.
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For transferring almost any film format from 8 & 9.5 mm amateur gauges right up to 35mm. Also 16mm, super 16mm & 35mm at High Definition.
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TRACKLAY |
What it does |
When should I use it? |
Audiofile hard disk editors connected to Starnet allows juxtaposing and adding particular sounds, effects, music and dialogue to particular tracks to facilitate dubbing or mixing.
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To add sound effects and prepare sound ready for a Sound Dub. |
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