The materials we need from you:

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1/5 ~ VIDEO (Picture Lock)

• QUICKTIME / .MOV
• H.264  [compression type]
• frame rate:   same as project
• frame size:   16:9 ratio   /    640x360  or  1280x720  or  1920x1080
• Universal Film Leader  (SMPTE bars & 2-pop) 
• burnt-in TIME CODE  (VERY SMALL / in the top right corner of the picture)
• english subtitles whenever possible/necessary

Universal Film Leader & burnt-in TimeCode example

You can DOWNLOAD our Universal Film Leader template and import it straight into your timeline:

25 fps   (PAL)

(29MB)

29.97 FPS  (NTSC)

(34MB)

24 FPS   (FILM)

(28MB)

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2/5 ~ OMF (or AAF)

INCLUDING:

• all the production audio in sync with the video,  Handles length > 15sec minimum  (and MORE if possible)
• 30 seconds tone  (-20dbfs, 1kHz)  in sync with the 30 sec color bars  (download links above if needed)
• sync plops  (2-pop) (1kHz - 1 frame) ;  2 sec before FFOA  &  2 sec after the LFOA in sync with video flash (2 frames)
• any additional audio files added during the video editing process (temp music, temp sound fx, temp voice over, etc...)​​

EXCLUDING:

• video tracks

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3/5 ~ EDL

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4/5 ~ THE MORE MATERIALS, THE BETTER  (for us...)

• all the sound materials provided by the location sound mixer
• the sound report from the location sound mixer
• original files for any source music used in the project
• uncompressed music files from the music composer (24bit, 48kHz), ideally divided in as many STEMs as possible
• the script matching the Picture Lock film

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5/5 ~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST

• Please name all these files in a comprehensible way    >>>    e.g.:     Project-Name_Version_Date
• ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS ONLY FOR EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE !!!
  Special characters, including language characters  (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, etc...)  are often a source of problems with many Software.

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ANY QUESTIONS?

>>> CONTACT US

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