User Manual

Transferring Film to Tape
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Film Shoot Specifications
Use the guidelines in the following table to help you plan for film shoots that will be edited on an
Avid.
Element Supported Formats Notes
Film type 16mm Use Standard 16mm or Super 16mm.
Super 16’s aspect ratio closely matches 16:9.
35mm: 2, 3, 4, 8, and 12 perf
65mm: 5, 8, 10, and 15 perf
16mm, 35mm 4 perf, and 35mm 3 perf are
supported as projects in the Avid system. The
remaining formats are supported through ink
numbers and auxiliary ink numbers. For more
information, see “Film and 24P Settings” on
page 1406.
Film wind B-wind Always use camera rolls with key numbers in
ascending order.
Audio media BWF file-based recorders Use to record digital audio.
Audio timecodes 30-fps drop-frame or non-drop-frame Use for NTSC transfer projects, and for generating
audio EDLs.
25-fps timecode Use for PAL transfer projects, and for generating
audio EDLs in the PAL format.
Audio sync to in-camera timecode
(Arri
®
24-fps timecode)
Use for automatic syncing of sound with picture in
the Avid system.
Sync methods Clapsticks Use for manual syncing of sound with
picture.
Electronic slate (smart slate) Use for semiautomatic syncing.
In-camera timecode, with audio sync Use for automatic, “slateless” syncing in the
telecine.
Slate information Camera roll, scene and take, shoot
date, sound-roll ID
Mark sound-roll ID as a backup.
Sound-roll cues Sound-roll ID, date, start and end
time-of-day timecode
Include verbal time-of-day cues as a backup.