Appendix 1

Appendix 9
Deconstructing Several
Films’ Workfl ows
Success
by Glynn Beard
Success is an HD project by experimental fi lmmaker Glynn Beard as part of his Ocean of Storms
series of fi lms. Success was shot and fi nished on 1080p Sony HD Cam at 23.98 FPS. Although the
fi lm is anything but conventional, the workfl ow was, for the most part, a classic Final Cut Pro HD
workfl ow similar to Basic Workfl ow 4 in Appendix 10. The fi lm was shot with Sony CineAlta HDW-
F-900 at 23.98 FPS.
Audio was recorded double system on a Nagra 4.2 to achieve a “warm” analog quality.
Down conversion of the HD video to DVCam video was done at Digital Film Tree who also advised
on the workfl ow. Digital Film Tree has been one of the louder voices in Hollywood promoting Final
Cut Pro. They are an Apple development partner and have helped design the Final Cut Pro workfl ow
on many fi lms including the Oscar-winning Cold Mountain.
The pull-down pattern was 3 : 2. The DVCam tape received two window burns. One was for 24 NDF
time code from the original HD tape, the other 30 NDF time code recorded onto the DVCam tape
with zero frame “A” frame. A cycle identifi er was added to the HD time code window burn.
The DVCam tapes were logged and captured. The Final Cut Pro batch list was exported. A Cinema
Tools database was created and the Final Cut Pro batch list was imported into the database and the
media linked. The media was then batch reverse telecined.
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