Apple M8728Z/A User Manual - Page 53

4 Creating a Cinema Tools Database At the heart of Cinema Tools is its database, providing powerful organizational tools. This chapter covers the following: • An Introduction to Cinema Tools Databases (p. 53) • Deciding How You Should Create the Database (p. 54) • Creating and Configuring a New Database (p. 58) An Introduction to Cinema Tools Databases A Cinema Tools database contains records that: • Describe your source clips • Track the relationship between the film rolls and edge code (key numbers, ink numbers, or both) and the video reels and timecode • Can also track other elements such as scenes, shots, and takes, as well as sound rolls and audio timecode You generally create a database for each film or video project. Alternatively, you can create databases for sections of your project and later merge them all into one large database. When you work on film projects, the database makes it possible for you to export film lists that tell the negative cutter how to cut your original camera negative. When you work on projects using a digital intermediate workflow, the database makes it easier to manage your original full-resolution media. Beyond creating film lists, you may want to use the database as an organizational tool. It can function similarly to the code book traditionally used in the post-production of film, tracking important elements such as the scene, shot, and take; the camera and lab rolls; the edge code numbers; the video reels and timecode numbers; the sound rolls and audio timecode numbers; and the source clips. 53