Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 94)

Using Scene, Shot, and Take Identifiers
An identifier can be any combination of numbers and letters (up to 15 characters).
• Take identifier: If the source clip associated with a database record contains more than
one take, you can think of the take identifier as a source subclip identifier. If the source
clip associated with a database record contains just one take, you can think of the
take identifier as a source clip identifier.
• Scene identifier: The identifier you enter in the Scene field actually identifies both the
scene and the shot (camera position) for the clip. For the Scene identifier, most people
enter the number or letter combination that appears in the Scene field on the slate.
The typical method for identifying scenes and shots is to use a number for the scene
and add a letter to specify the shot in the scene. So when a slate says “Scene 12B,” it
is referring to shot B in scene 12. You see this reflected in the Detail View window;
the first number you enter in the Scene field appears next to the word “Scene” in the
Detail View window. Next to the word “Shot,” both the number and the letter appear.
For example, if you enter “1D” in the Scene field, you see the following at the top-left
corner of the Detail View window:
• “1” next to the word “Scene”
• “1D” next to the word “Shot”
Tip: In the Scene field, you can enter a letter (A through D) before the first number,
and the letter will be part of the scene identifier. Adding a letter to the beginning of
a scene identifier is a useful naming scheme when you need to add a scene in the
middle of an existing series of scenes. For example, between scene 1 and scene 2 you
could add a scene named A2, so the new order would be scene 1, scene A2, scene 2,
scene 3, and so on. Adding other letters (E through Z) does not add a new scene. For
example, scene G2 is the same as scene 2. See
Scene, Shot, and Take Number Details
for more information.
About the Descriptive Scene and Shot Data
All the shots for a scene are related to that scene, and all the source clips for a shot are
related to that shot. Because the database remembers these relationships, you only need
to enter the descriptive data for each scene and shot once.
When you enter or change the descriptive data for a scene, that same data appears for
all the other shots associated with that scene, both in existing database records and any
records you create later that have the same scene identifier. Similarly, any descriptive
data you enter for a shot appears in existing database records with the same shot identifier.
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