Commercial color assistant, Deluxe LA

[Tom Evans]

Commercial Color Assistant 
Deluxe / Santa Monica
Job No. 17-0623

Goal Overview
To prepare and deliver color projects as well as assist the artists.

COLOR ASSISTANT RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparations for Projects/Sessions
• Set up project folder structure on the color SAN.
• Ensure all prep is downloaded and up to date.
• Ensure all lists and references are properly formatted. Notify production coordinator of any issues.
• Ensure all required elements are present and if not notifying the CO3 producer immediately prior to 6pm and the client if after 6pm.
• Ensure all elements are properly labeled.
• Communicate with the production coordinators any issues that may arise with elements [hard dive power supply, hard drive failure..]
• Create Master List as well as Scan, Conversion, Trim, Ingest, and Sync EDLs.
• Transcode, trim, and import sources files based off client EDL(s).
• Conform imported, transcode, scanned, and or trimmed files to client provided EDL(s).
• Quality check the conform timelines to client supplied reference to insure that all material is accounted for.
• Ensure all client request are accounted for such as handles, mattes, and color references.
• Ensure all project settings are set to the defined department standard.
• Flag and contact night coordinator on any shots that do not line up to the reference.
• Flag and contact night coordinator on any shots that are not delivered in the correct color space.
• Color-trace project per work order requests.
• Add previous session stills per work order requests.
• Update production coordinators on any prep issues or spec changes.

Execution of Job
• Set up room 15 minutes prior to session start per session requirements.
• Check project for issues and playback performance prior to session start and client arrival.
• Converse with the artist and greet the clients when job begins.
• Keep in communications with production coordinator on any outstanding footage needed to complete the project.
• Communicate to artist all project details necessary for the artist to execute the project.
• Confirm the details of the laydown requirements, etc with clients.
• Send out stills and/or color ref QT to clients per artist request.
• Monitor the progress of a session, keeping the production coordinator up dated on its status.
• Communicate any machine downtime to the producer, production coordinator and engineering.
• Ensure artist added their color time to the work order.
• Prep and add any pick up shots for the session.
• Ensure hero stills are updated and grabbed for all timelines
• Update the production coordinator team with any spec and or delivery changes.

Final Delivery
• Communicate with the production coordinator on any additional request made by the clients in the bay.
• Render/Record graded project per specs given by the client and/or work order.
• Label graded elements clearly to indicate what material has been graded. Include alternate passes and resizes.
• Quality checking all graded and raw material for any missing material or corruption.
• Creating XML, AAF, and/or EDLs from graded session.
• Exporting graded and/or raw material to requested media storage format.
• Quality check all exports to ensure that all material is accounted for on the requested storage format and is free of any corruption.
• Update production coordinators on any cut-offs in jeopardy of being missed.
• Contact vault once elements are ready for shipping.
• Update producer and vault on any shipping updates.

Final Billing
• Ensure all work orders are legibly filled out with set-up, color, and render/laydown time.
Communications
• Touch base with production coordinator before leaving shift for handoff notes, etc.
• Update producers and coordinators all relevant information for all aspects of the project; Prep and Post.
• Generating Night Report with the status of the current days sessions and the following days sessions.
• E-mailing Stefan shot count to shot count alias at end of night.
Engineering
• Reporting all system repair needs via the EMR system. For urgent matters immediately contact the production coordinator(s).
• Keep production up-to-date on the status of any situation that directly affects the session and or is deliveries.

Requirements / Background
• Knowledge of digital capture cameras and files
• Background and/or knowledge of offline editing
• Avid and/or FCP experience
• File based workflow experience
• Knowledge of mobile storage devices and formats
• BlackMagic Resolve and/or other color correction software experience a plus
Miscellaneous

• REPORTS TO: Head of Production | Short Form

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