We think of the script supervisor as “Head of Content Metadata” on set, representing an essential part of the digital film set Of course not only because of the metadata workflow… Here’s a nice piece on why this position is so valuable to a shooting: http://scriptychuck.wordpress.com/the-role-of-script-supervisor/
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Metadata Monday #15
Can you believe it? After all these years Microsoft finally has an understanding for us. After all these messed up progress reports, butchered editor’s logs and unreadable camera reports it’s finally here: Microsoft Excel for iPad. LockitNetwork users should be very happy – finally they can look up automated reports[…]
Metadata Monday #13
Today we give some attention to a prejudice firmly established in film industry: Final Cut X is a complete disaster and Apple’s backsliding from the professionals’ market. Well, we don’t want to judge on usability – we as digital film set natives are more interested in the metadata workflow. In[…]
Metadata Monday #12
Back in 2008 the possibilities of metadata in film production were pretty much unknown and idle. To push things forward, American director of photography and VFX supervisor Dave Stump gave a great lecture at the NABShow 2008. First he explained, what metadata actually are – by a stunning example: he[…]
Metadata Monday #11 #slatesforsarah
This week is not about metadata, but about remembering American camera assistant Sarah Jones who died in a train accident during a shooting for the movie “Midnight Rider” on February 20. Briefly after the tragic incident, several camera assistants and other filmmakers built the Facebook page “Slates for Sarah”. In[…]
Metadata Monday #10
It’s not only us engaging in the accurate communication of metadata between film set and post-production. Visual Effects Society for example published a standardized format for camera reports late last year. This helps to gather VFX information and transfer it to the editor’s room more effectively. It is based on[…]
Metadata Monday #9
Besides the script supervisor, the clapper loader is one of the most important metadata supervisors on set as he – among other things – labels the slate. In film productions not relying on a digital workflow he ensures that clips (or footage) can be clearly matched with content information. A[…]
Metadata Monday #8
Please allow us some reverie about standardized metadata exchange between audio recorders, cameras, crew and editing in today’s Metadata Monday. First of all, producers of audio recorders took a step in the right direction. In 2004 they met up at the Institute of Professional Sound IPS (back then the name[…]
Metadata Monday #7
Today we’d like to honor the oldest and most popular way of managing metadata on set. A tool of outstanding simplicity, saving so much time in editing, a product of haptic elegance in a time of ongoing digitalization: the clapper board! For all the do-it-yourself afficionados, who are looking for[…]
Metadata Monday #6
It obviously makes perfect sense to synchronize cameras and audio recorders on set in order to save time in editing. But what exactly is a timecode? The guys of Sound Devices made a very enlightening video clip about it. If you want to learn about the basics of the timecode,[…]