[Tig] deadlines

[Jim Mann]

Hi Steve and Happy New Year,

Generally speaking the amount of time needed to correct a "nationally
telecast documentary" in a T2T environment.....6 to 8 minutes to correct one
minute of program material. This assumes that you have a EDL and the
material is reasonability shot. You will move faster and more efficiently if
you forget about the tape machine and place you source material on a DDR.

Steve Wrote:
>On the colorlist, we had one response with a non-linear correction
>job for a 2500 shot 2 hour PBS doc being corrected in 15 hours!
>That's a grade of a shot every 20 seconds!

2500 shots is a lot for a 2 hour doc. Depends on the quality of the material
and how many repeated interview shots. Almost two days to correct 120 min
off a DDR....sure Ok. Remember that's 2500 events (I think) not shots.
(Still alot)

Spots: a :30 second spot...hmm...about 6 to 10 minutes of material. Working
from the EDL, mounting and unmounting the Camera rolls, yes about 5 hours
with just the colorist and the Director in the room. Add one agency creative
it's 7 hours, two agency creative's= 9 hours etc :-\

Have the material scanned into data and conformed in a software color
corrector or a virtual Telecine system, color correct in context, save time,
have a smoother running session, happier clients and a nice billing for the
scan. (No getting up and down to change reels) And more importantly a better
end product. Keep'em coming back.

My two cents,

Jim

Jim Mann
Freelance Colorist
New York City, USA
Mobile 516-250-0909
http://tig.colorist.org/wiki3/index.php/User:Jim_Mann