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Pull Downs and Pull Ups in FIlm
some thoughts on Pulldown/Pullups Hi, some random data on pull ups and pull downs... I don't remember where I found this, but, I found it interesting...
When some engineer had the bright idea of operating the NTSC television system at 59.94 fields per second rather than a nice simple 60, life became more complicated for the sound guys. Telecine is the culprit!!24 pictures in one second on film do not fit
Dolby ® Meta Data P.3
RF Overmodulation Protection Setting Enabled Disabled
Center Downmix Level
When the encoded audio has three front channels (L, C, R), but the consumer has only two front speakers (left and right), this parameter indicates the nominal down mix level for the Center channel with respect to the Left and Right channels. Dolby Digital decoders use this parameter during down mixing in Lo/Ro mode when Extended BSI parameters are not active.
Center Downmix Level
Setting
Dolby ® Meta Data P.2
Set-top boxes, used to receive terrestrial, cable, or satellite digital television, typically offer an analog mono signal modulated on the RF/Antenna output, a line-level analog stereo signal, and an optical or coaxial digital output. DVD players offer an analog stereo and a digital output, and some offer a six-channel analog output (for a 5.1- channel presentation). Portable DVD players offer analog stereo, headphone, and
digital outputs. DVD players in computers and
Dolby ® Meta Data P.1
Since meta data like Dial norm is becoming more and more important in post, here's some data from Dolby to spark some thinking...
Dolby ®
Metadata Guide
Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
Surround EX is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. Issue 3
© 2005 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. S05/14660/16797
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
A Guide to Dolby Metadata
Metadata provides unprecedented capability for content producers todeliver the highest quality
RAID systems
Some thoughts on RAID A drive array is a collection of hard disk drives that are grouped together. When you talk about Raid, there is often a distinction between physical drives and arrays and logical drives and arrays.Physical arrays can be divided or grouped together to form one or more logical arrays. These logical arrays can be divided into logical drives that the operating system sees. The logical drives are
Crew Lists for Gigs
some film crew links for people looking for post gigs...
FILM STAFF
MANDY
CRAIGS LIST
US Deptartment of Labor
JV III Film Production Resource Locator
Film Connection
Production Hub
Hollywood Network
US Film Production
The Independent Filmmakers Internet Resource Guide
Media Match
Film Crew Online
Crew Net
Caryn Inner Circle
UK screen crew
Film/Video Speeds
Film / Video post speed/frame rate issues... PLEASE:
Before you start a sound project find out the:
1. frame rate
2. project speed
3. post production life cycle
A. how the project was shot
B. how the project was captured
C. how the project was edited
D. how the project was exported for audio edit
E. format the client wants you to work
4. DELIVERY SPEC!!!!
The first question to ask when dealing which projects: is the
Copyright & Fair Use
fair use, copyright, license, sync here's a note from another thread that got started. Thought it might be good to post it here as well. There are discussions within fair use for educational and documentary use in specific circumstances that you can use 10% or 30 seconds.
EXAMPLE
"Use 10% of a song, not to exceed 30 seconds, and do not show the finished video out of the classroom. Do not duplicate,distribute,
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