Ingest material
Overview
This Standard is about ingesting, copying or scanning raw material ready for the next stage of the workflow. The electronic material resulting should be in the right format and resolution, in the right location, logged and with its security ensured. This Standard should apply to anyone who is involved with ingesting material.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
obtain information on required formats, resolution, quality,
metadata and future uses from reliable sources
- resolve inconsistencies in metadata in line with specified
workflow
store media in specified folder structures in agreed workspaces
use equipment and techniques capable of converting raw material
to desired format and quality
- check that material that has been copied, scanned or ingested is
complete
- identify visual or sound problems that will affect future workflow
and correct them where possible
- discuss the implications of problems and how to resolve them with
colleagues and report outstanding problems to relevant people
- check that material is available for viewing in expected locations
and is accessible to tools for viewing
- check that material is in format and of visual quality suitable for its
purpose
- supply complete and accurate data about problems that cannot be
fixed to support facilities
- log clear and accurate data on the content of outputs in line with
company requirements
- maintain safe storage and security of the originating material and
backups in line with company requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
what to expect of input material, accompanying documentation
and metadata
- how to handle and protect materials physically and electronically,
including the safe back up of master files
- when master files need to be stored in multiple locations for
insurance purposes
- how to estimate and optimise time and resources needed for
tasks
how to anticipate and mitigate problems and risks
types of fault that may occur in acquisition and ingest equipment
and how to resolve them
current camera and recording standards and ingest tools
copying and scanning equipment and software and its secure
operation
technical capabilities of material for storage and use
workspace and folder structures
naming conventions
principles of management of metadata and its importance
the needs of other people in the workflow for quality and
availability of ingested material
- principles of standard and non-standard deliverables, file formats,
digital interconnectivity and elements of audio and video signals
colour science and the application of Lookup Tables (LUTs)
company systems for storage, back up and security