Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
The workfl ow that was followed was the standard fi lm-to-fi lm workfl ow, Basic Workfl ow 5 in
Appendix 10.
• Foto Kem labs pulled circled takes from the camera negative and spliced in into “selects” rolls.
• Work print was printed from the selects rolls.
• Silent work print was projected to look for problems.
• PD6 audio was transferred to DA88 tape by Laser Pacifi c. Clappers were logged by time code.
• Footage was telecined by Laser Pacifi c to DVCam with zero “A” frame and with fi eld “1” dominance.
NTSC NDF time code was used with burn windows for:
Time code
Key code with pull-down cycle identifi er
Audio time code
• HD Cam was also recorded at the telecine for DVD authoring.
• Each tape was given a different hour code.
• A telecine log was made.
• Audio was sunc in telecine to the clapper logs.
• The telecine logs were imported into a new Cinema Tools database and a batch list was
exported.
• The batch list was imported into a new Final Cut Pro project at 29.97 FPS.
• A batch list was also opened in Excel to create a cutting log.
• The DVCam footage was captured.
• The shots were linked to the database in Cinema Tools.
• All shots were batch reversed to 23.98 FPS.
• The 23.98 FPS shots were linked to the Final Cut Pro project.
• A 23.98 sequence was created in the Final Cut Pro project.
Several problems were found in checking the database. Several slates were mislabeled. These were
noted in the cutting log and database. As the editing moved forward, a major problem was encountered.
When the fi rst fi lm list was exported to check for double uses, several double uses were
reported. Yet these were not double uses, they weren’t even from the same camera rolls. At fi rst, it
looked like the almost impossible had happened, that there were two camera rolls with the same key
code numbers. This turned out to not be the case.
When the selects rolls were telecined, a splice had passed through the telecine without the colorist
noticing. The telecine machine cannot read every key code number; many are interpolated from
known key code numbers. When a splice goes through the telecine, if the new number is not entered,
it will continue with the numeric sequence from the previous roll, logging the wrong key code information
into the telecine log.
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