ADVANCED ELECTRONIC POST-PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
TAKES ITS CUE FROM JVC
No element of film or video production is currently saving
Hollywood as much money or time as "real time preview" editing
systems. These are computer-assisted systems for editing scenes
and playing them back in real time without ever having recorded
anything on videotape. The VHS recorder is an important part of
this increasingly popular technology which integrates video and
computer capabilities" says David Walton, Marketig Manager, New
Products, Professional Video Communications Division, JVC
COMPANY OF AMERICA.
The Speed And Flexibility Of Real Time Preview
As on-line editing costs soar, more and more producers are
relying on off-line real time preview editing systems. Why?
The ability to randomly edit, rearrange, compose and playback in
real time almost instantaneously without splicing film or
redubbing video is tremendously cost effective. Decisions are
recorded in the computer, not on video tape. Dialogue, music
and scenes are quickly and easily manipulated. Another
advantage is that edit decisions can be stored indefinitely.
JVC's Role In Real Time Preview
With advanced electronics and high speed random access
capabilities, the JVC BR-6400U is an important component of real
time preview editing. It provides shuttle search at up to ten
times normal speed in either direction, eliminating guesswork in
locating particular sections an editor wants to preview. An
entire two hour program can be scanned in about 12 minutes while
watching the speeded up picture on the screen. The Ediflex
System by CINEDCO (Burbank, CA) for example, currently
incorporates a Z80 64k microprocessor, a pair of 3 1/2" disk
drives, an 8" disk drive compatible with most on-line systems,
and anywhere from 8 to 14 JVC's BR-6400U's, depending on the
amount of source material being used.
Randomly accessing a frame or synchronizing the BR-6400U's
is easily achieved thanks to SMPTE coding. Edit points are
clean, glitch-free and frame accurate.
More Time To Be Creative
Herb Dow, a film editor for 17 years, and Ediflex's
marketing director, says "Creatives are free at last to spend
their energy editing, instead of cutting up pieces of celluloid
or making dubs of videotape." The creator of Ediflex, Adrian
Ettlinger, "keeps adding to the system's software, and we now
have two Channel sound," says Dow. Ettlinger has won three
Emmy's for his contributions to CMX 600 (the first real time
preview system) and other systems, as well as the David Sarnoff
Gold Medal of SMPTE in 1976 for life achievements.
Dow used Ettlinger's system to edit "Gladiator," a movie-
of-the-week, and he says "There's no way I'd ever go back to
editing without real time preview. It's just too slow without
it. If you want to learn the Ediflex system, we offer workshops
to introduce the capabilities of electronic post-production."
Wide Acceptance Of Real Time Preview
As the benefits of electronic post-production surpass those
of traditional editing systems involving splicing or dubbing,
real time preview systems are becoming increasingly important
throughout all of Hollywood. Ediflex systems, for example, are
currently in use at Lorimar and Universal Studios. "Falcon
Crest" is edited on Ediflex, and other real time systems have
been used to edit "Knots Landing," "The Twilight Zone," "Full
Metal Jacket" by Stanley Kubrick, and the "Living Seas" mini-
documentary which was edited by Academy Award winner Ben Burtt
for Walt Disney's EPCOT Center.
With advanced audio circuits and Dolby B* noise reduction,
the BR-6400U's four head system assures that performance is of
the highest possible quality, providing stable pictures in any
playback mode.
For more information regarding the BR-6400U, or a full-line
catalog call the professional Video Communications Division
toll-free at 1-800-JVC-5825.