Instruction manual

beat.
When searching for a shot, you may assist the Editor by snapping your fingers on
the correct beat. However, don’t offer to press the pause button. Don’t touch any piece of
editing equipment without proper training or permission.
In order to find the In Point on the Master videotape, ask the Editor to:
(A) Play the Master tape, listen to the audio, and locate the second Measure. Pause the
tape.
(B) Jog the tape in reverse about 7 seconds.
(C) Play the tape at normal speed.
(D) Listen to the audio, and press the Pause button (on the Edit Controller), on the
correct
beat.
Once each VCR is paused, the freeze-frame shown in each monitor will represent
the In Point for that particular tape. The Edit Controller counts frames when either
videotape is rolling (forwards or backwards), and digitally displays them in:
00:01:10:03
Hours Minutes Seconds Frames
The digital display only counts frames when Control Track is present. The Master
tape will have continuous and uninterrupted Control Track, once it has been Blacked.
During the shoot, the footage that is recorded onto each Source tape provides Control
Track for that tape.
An Edit Controller has two digital displays - one for each VCR. The displays may
also be called counters. Each counter has a button that allows its display to be set to zero.
After each VCR is paused, the editor should Zero each counter:
00:00:00:00 00:00:00:00
Source VCR Edit/Record VCR
These will be entered as the In Points into the Edit Controller. Then, the Editor should
program the Edit Controller to begin the edit. Each VCR will automatically back up
exactly 5 seconds (-0:00:05:00), Pause, then play forward at normal speed. (The 5-
seconds is called Preroll.) When the 00:00:00:00 point is reached, the Edit/Record VCR
will begin to copy the shot from the Source tape. The edit will not stop until the Editor
presses the Out button, or unless an Out Point has been programmed into the Edit
Controller.
Out Point - There are two ways to end an edit. The first way is to let the edit continue a
couple of seconds past the point where the next shot will begin, and then the Editor
should press the Out button. The edit will end as soon as the Out button is pressed, but