Old Workflow
Assignment
Program Operations Managers or Coordinators (POMs, POCs) assign Post-Prep Technicians a video through e-mail.
Access & Watch Clip
Post-Prep Technicians will access the untouched and unformatted master clip screening file from the Post Production house in Interplay. They find it in Interplay and drag it into their Avid project for screening.
Log Markers
Post-Prep Technicians then log markers based on each brand’s unique Standards & Procedures (S&Ps) found on a Wiki link and log technical issues seen in the video.
File QC Report
Post-Prep Technicians file a QC report in Otto.
Report Review
Post-Prep Technicians file a QC report in Otto.
Editing
The editor will make the adjustments based on those markers and the timings and format it into a sequence.
- For example, blacks may be added during segment breaks, tones may be added over curses, and blurs may be added over nudity.
Re-screen or Spot Check
Depending on the level of the initial QC report, the Post Prep Team techs will fully screen the sequence once again or do a spot check.
Check into Interplay
The video is checked into Interplay.
- Plusses (“+”), the date of air, and the initials of the Post Prep tech are added to the file name.
- When the Media Operations Center (MOC) team sees these extensions on the file name, they know the video is ready and will take the video from Avid and transcode it.
TCAST
The file is released on a TCAST from Otto, which is a roadmap report of how the asset will play out on air, to check all the timing.
Transcode for Air
The video will show up on the Makelist and the Media Operations Center team will transcode it for air.
New Workflow
Access Clip
Retrieve master clip file from the Post Production house.
Run Rekognition
Send the clip to AI/ML in MediaCentral.
Auto-marking
AI/ML will run its analysis automatically, before a screener receives it. All the explicit language and nudity will be automatically marked on the timeline by the AI/ML technology.
Validate Markers
The Post-Prep technicians will validate the markers without needing to watch the entire video.