Finishing - Standard Def Tape to Film

1. Shoot Digital Betacam Tape in Camera
2. Dub tapes to Beta Sp, DV Cam, DV, or VHS (if edit system can’t handle digital beta)
3. Rent or buy an off line non-linear editing system (Avid, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, etc)
4. Input (digitize) the video tapes into the editing system
5. Spend as much time as needed to make creative decisions and edit the material into the final edited version. No cutting is actually done since all the information is on a hard drive. Slug out sections (leave space holders) for effects and titles.
6. Create Effects, Supers, Titles, etc to Digi Beta. Dub DB to lesser format if needed and input into the edit system.
7. Output an Edit Decision List (EDL) from the edit system that represents the final editing decisions.
8. Give the EDL, original Digi Beta Camera Tapes, & Digi Beta Effects to an on-line editing session. During an auto-conform editing session the a final HD Master will be created that matches the final edit.
9. Do a tape to tape color correct session
10. Make a sound track master by creating or improving the dialog, effects & music. Sync the audio to the video.
11. Layback final audio to the Digi Beta master. Make an Optical Negative Sound Track
12. Remove 3:2 from Digi Beta then Upconvert to D5 High Def
13. Make a Film Out Film Negative (Digi Beta Video to a Film Negative)
14. From Film Out Negative and Optical Neg Track make a Composite Check Print
15. After approval of the Check Print, make Release Prints as needed