Report
OL172 The Action Editor and Camera Command
Each of these two projects has led to the creation of credible electronic
simulators to train individuals in some of the basic craft skills of television
production. Both projects are described in the report which addresses issues
such as philosophy, design, hardware, software, and testing.
The ACTION! Editor is a film editing trainer, a 'virtual reality' editor
which uses two videodisc players controlled by a computer. It enables sound
and pictures held on the disc to be edited quickly (and without any of the
running costs associated with traditional training methods) to achieve the
same aesthetic effect that would be obtained in an editing suite, the usual
environment for teaching editing skills. Two videodiscs containing identical
material run in parallel and the system 'cuts' instantly between shots supplied
by the different players in turn. Sound and vision can be edited separately.
This editing system in its prototype form has been successfully used by professional
editors and has been demonstrated at a number of international broadcasting
conventions.
To deliver ACTION! EDITOR requires ACTION Editor! software with two identical
double-sided IV discs containing actual film footage in pre-published form.
The footage selected showed young reporters interviewing Mrs Thatcher (a story
transmitted on national news bulletins) and scenes from the BBC's popular
drama series, Casualty. It comes with a user guide and editing notes booklets.
CAMERA COMMAND is an interactive training package designed to introduce users
to the basics of camera movement, shot sizes and positioning. In the version
created for this project, a voice recognition package is used to give spoken
commands to the system to enable users to practice the correct vocabulary
to achieve desired results in a single or multi-camera environment.
To deliver CAMERA COMMAND requires a working demonstrator disc and software including a voice recognition system. It comes with a functional specification.
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This page last updated 25 January 1999.