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P2 Workflow Workshop Curriculum

P2 Workflow Workshop: Join the Tapeless (R)evolution!
Experience a free–form non–linear image workflow from Acquisition to Archive

This dynamic 2–day workshop brings the technology to the professional, and the professional into the process. We introduce the P2 line of cameras and supporting equipment, while illuminating the process of working with P2 to bring data from camera to screen — and everything in between. We cover all aspects of the process, from shooting, to post, to production, so whether you shoot, edit, or produce, this workshop will leave you ready to tackle any size P2 project.

After a brief introduction, attendees will learn the equipment by working with it. Led by industry professionals, attendees get a chance to work with the cameras and supporting equipment, including top of the line cameras and lenses, paintboxes, video village gear, storage gear, and more.

This highly interactive workshop shows students how to manage their data on set, starting with acquisition and going through viewing on set, to viewing, ingesting editing, storing and archiving footage. Professionals guide attendees through the post–production process, teaching attendees to manage the vast quantities of data for editorial.

Over this two-day workshop, attendees will shoot, ingest and edit footage, encountering real-world issues, learning how to choose and change resolution and compression formats, break and fix clips, make production choices and experience the entire P2 production workflow first-hand.

DAY 1
9:00 AM
Introductions & Explanations

Introductions of attendees & Instructors
An interactive, friendly welcome will break down the walls between our attendees and our instructors, allowing people to start talking, sharing information, and growing together
Brief History of Media
9:20 AM
Whats and whys of p2, background, putting p2 in context.
10:00 AM
Minibreak
10:10 AM
Economy of P2
 
1. Media
2. Production
a. Client Side
b. Budgets
c. Comparison to other media
10:30 AM

This is a hands-on exploration of all P2 equipment and supporting equipment. With detailed explanations, students have a chance to learn by doing. We’ll cover the cameras, decks, paintbox and other tools to illuminate the process, and involve students.

During this session, we’ll show how to format cards, various formats, differences between the HPX500 and HPX2000/HPX3000 menus; changing frame rates in camera.

We’ll look at viewing P2 media on a P2 gear, or a P2 Mobile.

We cover how to acquire data using tools and gear:
   
  1. P2 Acquisition tools
  2. P2 Card, P2 Store, FireStore, P2 Gear, P2 Mobile (we will cover this incredible tool in great detail tomorrow).
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM

As we settle into our seats, we’ll watch some footage: both test footage from the HPX2000 and HPX3000, and some glamour footage from the HPX3000.
1:10 PM
P2 File Structure
 
1. MXF
   
2. P2 File Structure
  
   
3. What is Metadata?
  
1:30 PM
Minibreak
1:40 PM

P2 in Post:
Workflow examples: Putting P2 in context
1. Film to offline
2. Video to offline
3. P2 to offline
4. P2 to dailies
2:40PM

P2 in Production
We discuss and show in action a series of onset workflow options. In addition, we’ll cover on-set data management We’ll take some prepared sequences, load them (as above), and show how to prepare them for a variety of post production options.

1. On set P2 Workflow
  1. Basic, low budget: one-man shoot
  2. Above basic, mid budget: Shooter and AC
  3. Complex, large budget: Complex crew
2. On-set data management:
  1. Hardware solutions
  2. Software solutions
  3. Loading your data
3:20 PM
Mini Break

3:50 PM to 6:00 PM
Camera Lab
Students break into teams to take the cameras out and shoot some sequences. We’ll use all available cameras and equipment, and give students the opportunity to shoot outside (weather permitting), or on our light-controlled stage.
 
DAY 2
9:00 AM
Introductions and welcome back
9:15 AM
Tapeless workflow in action
Casestudy: Switchfoot/Sarah Landon
Workflow
Screening
10:00 AM

Compression Overview
Compression formats determine how you shoot, what you shoot, how your material will appear. This session will decrypt the code and untangle the acronyms. This is just a brief overview to give attendees a sense of their choices. More a refresher than anything else.
  1. Intraframe
  2. Interframe
  3. Wavelet
  4. DVCPro/AVCi, etc.
  5. P2 Compression formats
10:40 AM
Minibreak

Just after the break:
Giveaway number three. A quick gift for a student who can answer a format-based question.
10:50 AM

Storage, and storage based workflows: We cover storage, and talk about the differences between storage and archiving; short and long term.
   
  1. Storage
  2. Overview of card and format sizes, and related storage options
  3. Tape vs. file based workflow
  4. Storage grid
  5. Offline vs online storage
  6. DVCPro HD storage vs DVCPro HD throughput
  7. You and your SAN
 
Archiving
   
  1. Short term archiving
  2. Long term archiving
  3. Data tape
  4. And the winner is…
11:40 AM

Framing the picture: From camera to screen

   
  1. 720 for 1080: where to do the scale
  2. Delivery formats
  3. Mastering
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Editing
To complete the journey, we’ll show you three major editing options, and how they work with P2 content. During the three hour session
  • Set up camera
  • Set up 100 w/ laptop
  • Setup p2 gear
  • Setup fs100
  • Show how to grab a frame from each device in host mode
  • Pull one clip from each
  • Demo hdlog, cms, p2genie, p2 log
2:20 PM
Minibreak
2:30 PM

P2: Editorial
For the remainder of the day, a full three-hours, we’ll take the footage you shot (if more is needed, we’ll shoot more), we’ll ingest it into available computers, and edit clips: Students will choose between Final Cut Pro and Avid. In addition, all students will see the HPM100 in action.

We’ll break and fix clips, and show how the systems (cameras and supporting devices) show differences in codecs and frame rates. Students will have a chance to work with cameras and support devices.

In addition, we’ll transfer the footage to available storage and archive devices.
  1. Talking about Editing
  2. File Integrity dos and donts
  3. View from above
    1. FinalCutPro,
    2. Avid,
    3. HPM100 in detail. Not only will this cover the functionality of the HPM100, but we’ll also look at the internal workflow in depth, demonstrating the consistency of all P2 products. We’ll show broken clips, different compression codecs and frame rates. Each student will receive a copy of the HPM100 manual.
5:00 PM

P2: Acquisition to Archive
Talk about the entire two day course in about an hour; show how we talked about everything, from acquiring the data to offloading the data, storing, editing and archiving the data.
5:30 PM

Questions, Answers and Graduation from P2 University

**Curriculum subject to change.

  

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Testimonials:
“The most valuable workshop I’ve attended in years! The presenters really knew their stuff, and had it together. The whole event was really well organized.” -Peter Bonilla

"For me, this was like a full immersion foreign language workshop. In the beginning I understood every 10th word. Now, frighteningly, I seem to understand what is being said most of the time." -Duane Mieliwocki

“Before this workshop, my digital projects were in doubt. Now I know I can greenlight them through P2 and Panasonic/FCP workflow.” -Jorge devotto

 
 

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