1. The document provides instructions for practical assessments involving different video editing and playback systems. 2. It outlines setting up a Digibeta recorder and player to perform an edit between the master and recorder tapes. 3. It then lists questions to ask the interviewee about different tape stocks and footage, including identifying aspect ratios, correcting luminance and audio levels, and diagnosing channel conditions.

1. VT Operator
PRACTICAL
1. Standard Definition…Digibeta 625
Recorder...
*) Create head build: - feature to come in on Hr.10…60/10/60 format. Watch for
edit mode.
**) Set-up:- 703 - Blank line on Through, 723 – Input Blank on Blank, 804 – Audio on
sw/sw. 601/602 – VITC set up 19+21.
Player...
*) 703 – Blank line on Blank, 710 – Int. Sg on black, 808 – Int. Aud. Sg on Silence. All
lights highlighted for Int. Sg.
2. Perform an edit between master and recorder in on Hr. 10 (remote and Assemble
edit highlighted, t/c internal).
3. Tape Stock…SD, Digibeta 625
*) Show 2 ratios…ask interviewee to give answer as to what aspect they are.
**) Footage with Sub-Blacks and Peak Luminance, ask what is wrong with the levels
and get them to operate waveform, and ask how they would correct this.
***) Footage with high audio peaks that are above +8db – How would they correct
this? If they know about HD proceed to Question 4, if not go to Question 5 if
applicable.
****) Footage with channel conditions…what caused this?
4. Tape Stock…HD, Hdcamsr 1080/50I
*) Set machine up, create head build: - feature to come in on Hr.01…2 mins of bars,
1 min black. Watch for edit mode and t/c then switched to internal.
**) Dummy job…create a 1080/23.98psf from this 1080/50I… Including Int. Sg on
Player.
***) If know about Dolby E, ask what might they encounter if doing above gear box
job with regards to the audio.
****) When creating dub the client requests the English audio (on ch’s 1+2) to be on
ch’s 7+8 on the dub…get interviewee to set up playback deck.
*****) Down converting…show where the setting is on the machine and change to
output unity and then arc to letterbox.

2. 5. Alchemist
Set up to keep the time code as per master. This can be Hr. 10 or Hr. 01.
*) Set up to create an NTSC recording from a PAL source.
**) Set up to turn Arc on/off, and Arc to 14x9 SD
***) Set up to run an 1080/59.94i from a 1080/50I
****) Ask about delay. Go to Question 6 if applicable.
6. FinalCutPro
*) Open a new project.
**) Check audio/video settings, help them get file from Xsan, see if they can drag
and drop and stereo link pairs, change audio around, Sequence settings.
***) See if they can see where the file details are on FCP.