This was a editing assignment at whistling woods international which I presented long time back as a student.

1. By UTSAB BANDOPADHYAY
Date: 24/11/2011

2.  THE GENRE
 SHOW TIME: PRIME TIME & AFTERNOON (REPEAT BROADCAST) MONDAY TO FRIDAY |
24X7 (EXAMPLE)
 CHANNEL: GEC (GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL), NEWS (LIVE OR PRE
RECORDED), MOVIES, MUSIC, TRAVEL, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, KIDS,
INFOTAINMENT, TELE-SHOPPING, DEDICATED CHANNEL (GOLF, FASHION, RELIGION,
DOCUMENTARIES)
 AVERAGE DURATION FOR 30 MINS: 13.45 minutes +Recap 15 sec + 10 sec X 3 = 30
sec Pre-cap 3 times (Break Point) + Pre-cap 30 seconds of next episode (Break
Point)
 60 MINS SHOW DIVIDED BY 2
 TARGET AUDIENCE: 3+
 SYNC SOUND (ON SET SOUND WITH VIDEO) WITH VISION MIXER LATER ON
PACKAGING ADDED THROUGH OFFLINE EDITS ON DAILY BASIS OR WEEKLY
 BASIS DEPENDING ON GENRE OR CHANNEL TO BE AIRED.

3.  HD CONTENT WITH DOLBY SOUND AS MXF/MPEG4 IN 16:9 ASPECT
RATIO
&
 STANDARD DEFINITION (SD) IN 4:3 ASPECT RATIO FOR CABLE IN
MPEG 2/MPEG 4
CODECS:
MXF: MATERIAL EXCHANGE FORMAT
MPEG: MPEG-4 OR MP4 IS A DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA FORMAT MOST
COMMONLY USED TO STORE VIDEO AND AUDIO, BUT CAN ALSO BE
USED TO STORE OTHER DATA SUCH AS SUBTITLES AND STILL
IMAGES.

5.  POST PRODUCERPOST PRODUCER
 TECHNICAL DIRECTORTECHNICAL DIRECTOR
 POST SUPERVISORPOST SUPERVISOR
 EDITOR OFFLINE & ONLINEEDITOR OFFLINE & ONLINE
 VISION MIXER WITH DIT (ON SET)VISION MIXER WITH DIT (ON SET)
 COMPOSTING & GRAPHICS ARTISTCOMPOSTING & GRAPHICS ARTIST
 COLORISTCOLORIST
 SOUND DESIGNER
 MUSIC COMPOSER
 IT SUPPORT & ADMIN

6.  SOLID STATE DRIVES [SSD] STORAGE (RAID)
 HIGH DEFINITION DECK WITH PAL AND NTSC SUPPORT (RECORDER + DIGITIZER)
 EDITING/SOUND/DI/VFX/DVD MASTERING SOFTWARE
 WITH MAC/WINDOWS VERSIONS
 BROADCAST MONITOR
 HIGH SPEED INTERNET
 CABLES AND CONVERTORS
 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENTS LIKE HEADPHONES, SPEAKERS, PRINTERS, DVD BURNERS,
ARCHIVING EQUIPMENTS, PLAYBACK AND RECORDING SYSTEMS ETC.
 BROADCASTING SYSTEM WITH SATELLITE UPLINK AND DOWNLINK FACILITY IF ITS A NEWS OR LIVE EVENT LIKE
AWARD SHOW OR ELECTIONS (IF IT’S A TELEVISION STATION)

7.  IT IS ADVISABLE TO RECORD VIDEO AND
SOUND TOGETHER ON DIGITAL SOUND
RECORDERS AND SOUND WITH VIDEO ON
CAMERA TO SAVE TIME ON-LOCATION.
(SYNC SOUND)
 THE SYNC-SOUND IS NOT TIME CONSUMING
BUT IT MAY CREATE THE RISK OF DELAY IN
BROADCAST DUE CLEANING REQUIRED
DURING POST DUE TO DUBBING BECAUSE
OF DISTURBANCES ON LOCATION BUT SYNC
SOUND SAVES TIME RECORDED ON CAMERA
WITH SOUND AND VIDEO SAVES TIME AND
REDUCES TIME EVEN IF SOUNDS NEEDS TO
BE SYNC.

8. CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCEFOOD AND
WATER

9. Shoot
Video with Sound
Transfer from
portable storage device
Editing Software Offline
Titling and VFX
Sound Editing
(Cleaning/BGM/Foley)
Color Correction
MASTERING FOR BROADCAST
OUTPUT HD 16:9 MFX/MP4 + SD 4:3 MPEG 2/4
(TAPE/DVD/APPLE QT PRO RES MOV)

10.  CENSORSHIP DUE TO WHICH THERE COULD BE RE-EDITS WHICH MAY
DELAY POST PRODUCTION.
 SHOOTING RATIO HAS TO BE WELL PLANNED SO THAT THE COST OF
POST-PRODUCTION BUDGET DOES NOT EXCEED. (HARD DRIVES)
 LOSS OF EDITS DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES LIKE DATA LOSS SO
ADEQUATE MIRROR BACKUPS HAVE TO BE TAKEN.
 UNION STRIKES.