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Production and Campus Safety Philosophy
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Equipment
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Facilities
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COVID-19 Best Practices Handbook
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Pre-Production
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Live Action Production
- Live Action Production (Introduction)
- How To Behave On Set
- Set Protocol
- Safety Practices During Production
- Working with Electricity
- Working in Heat
- Shooting on/near Streets and Roadways
- Cars and Other Moving Vehicles
- Elevated Work Platforms
- Fire and Open Flames on Set
- Smoke, Fog, and Lighting Effects
- Power Tools
- Glass
- Production Trucks
- Prop Weapon Usage
- Stunts and Coordination
- Animals in Film
- Desert Insects / Animals
- Water and Boats
- Makeup and Prosthetic Materials
- Filming in the Rain
- Film shoots on Campus
- Student Project Application
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Animation Production
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Post-Production and Sound
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Digital and Analog Workflows
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Copyright and Clearances
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Marketing, Screening, and Distribution
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Grants and Scholarships
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Vendors and Discounts
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Contracts, Releases, and Forms
- Contracts, Release, & Forms (Introduction)
- Call Sheet Template
- Cast/Crew Release
- Cast/Crew Sign In Sheet
- Cigarette Release
- Crowd Notice Area Signage
- Crowd Notice Audience Signage
- Emergency Medical Information
- Emergency Phone Numbers
- Event and Performance
- Extra Release
- Insurance Request Form
- Location Contract
- Minor Release
- Musician/Composer Release
- Nudity/Simulated Sex Act Rider
- One Sheet Example
- Post-Production Questionnaire
- Prop Weapons Use Notice
- Reception Request
- Right of Publicity Agreement and Copyright
- Safety Inspection Form
- Safety Meeting Attendance
- Special Skills Crew Release
- Thesis Project Assessment Checklist
- Vehicle Release
- Weapon Release Form
- MFA Thesis Packets (For MFA-2 Students)
- Winter Break Equipment Checkout
- Insurance for Travel Outside of the US
- Production/Installation Space Reservation Form
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School Policies
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Academic Policies
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Campus Maps
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Student Handbook PDF
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House Codec
CalArts School of Film/Video has a “House Codec” to use for ingest or output when applicable:
Mastering Codec: ProRes 4444 XQ
This codec should be used for the final master of your project. This is your “digital negative” and archive. This file type is often too robust to use as a screening format so it is necessary to make additional screening versions with a different codec.
Screening/Delivery Codec:
ProRes 422(HQ)
Standard codec for screening in classrooms, Bijou Festival, Showcase, etc.
Resolutions:
HD/UHD (1920×1080 or 3840×2160)
Full/DCI (2048×1080 or 4096×2160)
Scope (2048×858 or 4096×1716)
Frame rates: 24fps (preferred) or 23.98
Audio: 5.1 or stereo channel, 48kHz, 24-bit
Containers:
Our currently chosen container for digital video files is .MOV
Our currently chosen file type for digital audio is .WAV
For transferring audio files to FVSound, our adopted file interchange format is .AAF or, if unavailable, .OMF
All Avid produced .MXF files should be converted on output to .MOV QTs