Tom Evans July 18, 2017 Share July 18, 2017 Commercial Color Assistant Deluxe / Santa Monica Job No. 17-0623 Goal Overview To prepare and deliver color projects as well as assist the artists. COLOR ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES Preparations for Projects/Sessions • Set up project folder structure on the color SAN. • Ensure all prep is downloaded and up to date. • Ensure all lists and references are properly formatted. Notify production coordinator of any issues. • Ensure all required elements are present and if not notifying the CO3 producer immediately prior to 6pm and the client if after 6pm. • Ensure all elements are properly labeled. • Communicate with the production coordinators any issues that may arise with elements [hard dive power supply, hard drive failure..] • Create Master List as well as Scan, Conversion, Trim, Ingest, and Sync EDLs. • Transcode, trim, and import sources files based off client EDL(s). • Conform imported, transcode, scanned, and or trimmed files to client provided EDL(s). • Quality check the conform timelines to client supplied reference to insure that all material is accounted for. • Ensure all client request are accounted for such as handles, mattes, and color references. • Ensure all project settings are set to the defined department standard. • Flag and contact night coordinator on any shots that do not line up to the reference. • Flag and contact night coordinator on any shots that are not delivered in the correct color space. • Color-trace project per work order requests. • Add previous session stills per work order requests. • Update production coordinators on any prep issues or spec changes. Execution of Job • Set up room 15 minutes prior to session start per session requirements. • Check project for issues and playback performance prior to session start and client arrival. • Converse with the artist and greet the clients when job begins. • Keep in communications with production coordinator on any outstanding footage needed to complete the project. • Communicate to artist all project details necessary for the artist to execute the project. • Confirm the details of the laydown requirements, etc with clients. • Send out stills and/or color ref QT to clients per artist request. • Monitor the progress of a session, keeping the production coordinator up dated on its status. • Communicate any machine downtime to the producer, production coordinator and engineering. • Ensure artist added their color time to the work order. • Prep and add any pick up shots for the session. • Ensure hero stills are updated and grabbed for all timelines • Update the production coordinator team with any spec and or delivery changes. Final Delivery • Communicate with the production coordinator on any additional request made by the clients in the bay. • Render/Record graded project per specs given by the client and/or work order. • Label graded elements clearly to indicate what material has been graded. Include alternate passes and resizes. • Quality checking all graded and raw material for any missing material or corruption. • Creating XML, AAF, and/or EDLs from graded session. • Exporting graded and/or raw material to requested media storage format. • Quality check all exports to ensure that all material is accounted for on the requested storage format and is free of any corruption. • Update production coordinators on any cut-offs in jeopardy of being missed. • Contact vault once elements are ready for shipping. • Update producer and vault on any shipping updates. Final Billing • Ensure all work orders are legibly filled out with set-up, color, and render/laydown time. Communications • Touch base with production coordinator before leaving shift for handoff notes, etc. • Update producers and coordinators all relevant information for all aspects of the project; Prep and Post. • Generating Night Report with the status of the current days sessions and the following days sessions. • E-mailing Stefan shot count to shot count alias at end of night. Engineering • Reporting all system repair needs via the EMR system. For urgent matters immediately contact the production coordinator(s). • Keep production up-to-date on the status of any situation that directly affects the session and or is deliveries. Requirements / Background • Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files • Background and/or knowledge of offline editing • Avid and/or FCP experience • File based workflow experience • Knowledge of mobile storage devices and formats • BlackMagic Resolve and/or other color correction software experience a plus Miscellaneous • REPORTS TO: Head of Production | Short Formhttps://rn21.ultipro.com/DEL1005/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*FA5751F49B15B896 Link to comment Share on other sites
