QC has always been an important part of program making and it has always involved checks at all stages in production. However, in recent years, due to the digital revolution and the rise of automated systems, QC has now become far more rigorous and issues relating to quality much harder to avoid.
If you are involved in QC from a technical point of view, we recommend you not only look at these QC modules, but also the modules for video, audio and file based working.
The QC Process
Course Description
Quality Control has always been a major element of content production, but in recent years it changed significantly. The module looks at how modern broadcasters and buyers will specify content and expect it to be delivered. It will look at the contracts between content makers and those purchasing, the technical specifications created by the dpp for UK and NABA members for content delivery and how this is enforced. It will look at those specifications, their importance and how they are quantified and measured.
.Who Should Attend
This session will require a good knowledge of video audio and digital standards as these are an integral part of these standards. It is recommended that attendance at the video, audio and some system modules before taking this one.
For those less involved with the technical side of the process, but still wanting to understand more about QC and the QC process, the ‘Failing on a Technicality’ module will provide a minimal underpinning level of technical understanding.
Course Duration: 3 hours.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course you will understand:
- the importance of QC in delivery of content.
- the range of parameters specified in technical standards.
- what PSE is and why we need to make PSE compliant content.
- how the dpp have revolutionised the way content is delivered to the broadcaster.
- how QC has largely been automated, but still requires eyes and ears.
- Assessing content subjectively.
Cost of Module £80
Failing on a Technicality
Course Description
It therefore aims to provide a minimum level of understanding in order to help understand the technical requirement standards that program makers are set by the commissioning business.
Who Should Attend
This module is for those who need to understand technical requirements, but are not specialists with a deep knowledge of video, audio and files. It is aimed at program makers, purchasers and commissioners and provides a bare bones technical understanding which will enable them to understand QC and technical standards and be more able to communicate with and appreciate the advice from their technical team or QC experts.
Course Duration: 3 hours.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course you will:
- How how the QC process works and is implemented by broadcasters/purchasers.
- Understand how video is specified in terms of resolution, frame rate and scan type and how different programs will
- Appreciate why gamut and colour space are important elements of QC
- Understand how sound is measured, including via R128 loudness.
- Appreciate basics of wrappers and codecs in file based content.
- Appreciate the importance of correct metadata when delivering content and what that might include.
