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Cinetape Area | Avid Media Composer | Avid Online Non-Linear Editing Suites | EditShare
The South Seas Post-Production facilities were completely remodelled in 2007, including a central editing storage system.
All post-production and studio equipment has been centralised into a new ‘Cinetape area’. This enables quick assignment of all tape formats and editing/studio facilities as well as providing an infrastructure to accommodate future technologies. The merging computer technology has also been integrated to create an ‘Operations Domain’ of workstations and servers with access to the Wider Area Network throughout the school.
The original edit booths have been rebuilt into a large open area with multiple workstations. Each workstation is configured to match the exercise - from Cuts Only News suites to Avid On-Line systems. For hands-on workshop training, a display distribution network allows broadcast of a single workstation’s display to some or all other workstations.
Cinetape Area
The Cinetape area is identical to those of television stations and post-production houses, thus allowing for matching operational procedures and the creation of a valuable skill base for the most common entry point for post-production graduates into the industry.
At this ‘operations hub’, students learn to patch, route, convert, share and distribute resources as well as digitising, cueing, replaying, dubbing, blacking, monitoring and tech-checking.
An extension of these skills involves the New Media Technologies of compressing, encoding, streaming and media serving. With unprecedented student access, the Cinetape Area patchbays and routers provide the students with ample opportunity to experiment and troubleshoot.
Specifications
- VTRs
- DVCam - Sony DSR-1800P, DSR-60P Digital Acquisition Format; 2 x Sony DSR-11 Digital Acquisition Format
- HDV - 2 x JVC BR-HD50U HD Acquisition Format
- XD-CAM - Sony PDW-1500 Digital Mastering Format
- S-VHS - JVC BR-S822E, BR-S622E Analogue Acquisition Format
- DVD-RW - Sony RDR-HX Digital Release Format; Primera SE DVD Duplicator
- Patchbays
- Video - BNC: SDI Digital, Component/Composite Analogue
- Audio - Bantam: AES-EBU Digital, Balanced/Unbalanced Analogue
- Control - RJ-45: RS-422 Sony 9pin protocol
- Computer - Ethernet LAN; IEEE1394 ‘Firewire’
- Monitoring
- Video - Monitor Displays 6" to 21"; Waveform/Vector Display
- Audio - Monitor/Speaker units; headphone jacks
- Routers
- Audio/Video - Quartz Topaz 32x32 CVBS; Quartz Topaz 16x16 YUV; Quartz Topaz 32x32 Audio; Grass Valley Group 6000 XY Router Control
- LAN - HP ProCurve 2900-24G 10GB Copper Ethernet Router
- Comms - Clearcom In-house System
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Avid Media Composer
In 2007, the School purchased eight new Avid Media Composer suites. The Avid editing system is an industry standard used for both off-line and on-line editing. Projects can be logged on any Producer's or Director's computer to be brought in for batch digitising and immediate editing.
Further database refinement can be performed during the editing process. Up to 24 nestable and collapsible video tracks are provided in addition to 24 audio tracks with a large selection of trimming and synchronising tools. Titling, effects, full colour grading, image stabilisation and rotoscoping can be applied as part of the editing process. Final programmes can be sent back to video tape or compressed for internet or DVD release.
The Avids are digitally linked to the Cinetape area, giving access to a variety of tape formats for input and output, including hybrid tape-to-disk cutting as applied in server-based news stations. Each Avid has one monitor for editing, a second for clip/bin management and third can also be switched to show a full screen video preview of the edit suite, or the editing display of the trainer for easy reference during workshop sessions.
Specifications
- Software - Avid Media Composer
- Video/Audio Tracks - 24 video, 24 audio tracks
- Extensions - Avid Script Based Editing, Film Scribe, Dupe Detector, A/V AutoSync.
- Import/Export - Avid Media Log, Avid EDL Manager
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Avid Online Non-Linear Editing Suites
Six Avid Xpress DV suites have been maintained from the previous installation. The Avid editing system is an industry standard used for both off-line and on-line editing. Projects can be logged on any Producer's or Director's computer to be brought in for batch digitising and immediate editing.
Further database refinement can be performed during the editing process. Up to eight nestable and collapsible video tracks are provided in addition to eight audio tracks with a large selection of trimming and synchronising tools. Titling, effects, full colour grading, image stabilisation and rotoscoping can be applied as part of the editing process. Final programmes can be sent back to video tape or compressed for internet or DVD release.
The Avids are digitally linked to the Cinetape area, giving access to a variety of tape formats for input and output, including hybrid tape-to-disk cutting as applied in server based news stations. Each Avid has one monitor for editing and a second for clip/bin management.
Specifications
- Software - Avid ExpressDV
- Video/Audio Tracks - 8 video, 8 audio tracks
- Extensions - Avid Script Based Editing, Film Scribe, Dupe Detector, A/V AutoSync.
- Import/Export - Avid Media Log, Avid EDL Manager
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EditShare
EditShare offers a powerful yet easy-to-manage system that facilitates a creative and collaborative workflow but that does not require an IT expert to run it.
South Seas installed a four-terabyte EditShare system in 2007, to facilitate a centralised editing platform. The EditShare supports both the new Avid Media Composer suites, as well as the older Avid Xpress DV suites, and the few Apple Final Cut Pro desktops on site.
Specifications
- Edit Share 3RU System
- 4 Terabyte Capacity
- 16 Hot-Swap drive bays
- Intel 3Ghz Xeon Processor
- 2GB Ram
- Triple Redundant Power Supplies
- 10 Gigabit router connectivity
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Student Profile
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KERRI ROGGIO | 2009
Straight after graduation in December 2009, Kerri picked up work as Assistant Editor on the feature film The Insatiable Moon. “This was a low-budget film and my role was unpaid,” says Kerri. “But proving that taking unpaid jobs often leads to paid work, the editor of The Insatiable Moon, Paul Maxwell, is now editing a TV movie produced by Screentime and he has offered me a paid position as his Assistant Editor. Editing is awesome and I can't wait til I've learned enough to edit a feature of my own.” |
