 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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