2nd Assistant Cameraman/Clapper/Loader* (Data Wrangling)
The 2nd Assistant Cameraman/Clapper/Loader supports shooting operations during production by preparing equipment before the commencement of shooting and coordinating the packing at the end of the shoot. He/She begins work before shooting by unloading, organizing and preparing all of the camera equipment for each day's work. He is also in charge of the camera paper work and completing the camera reports. He may be required to assist in document storage, document backup and file processing for footage captured during shoot. This involves copying and backing up raw footage from various cameras to ensure seamless transfer of the content from production to post-production. He also performs basic look up table (LUT) corrections for coherence from the shooting stage to the post-production stage. The work involves long hours of physically demanding tasks especially the capture of motion sequences amidst high pressure. He is expected to operate in an outdoors environment and may be required to travel depending on the location of the shoot. He should have knowledge of camera equipment and camera operations. He is able to take direction and work as part of a team, particularly on multi-camera shoots. He should have good color vision and hand-to-eye co-ordination.
Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills & Competencies
Generic Skills & Competencies
Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks
• Prepare camera reports by completing all the necessary administrative paperwork
• Participate in rehearsals to understand the scene-wise visual requirements
• Assist in spiking marks and positions
• Anticipate and plan camera movements and positions by collaborating with the production team
• Perform the loading and replacing of film magazines during shoot
• Monitor the use of the film stock inventory
• Assist in the unpacking and packing of camera equipment and camera preparation at the beginning of the day's shoot and at the close of production respectively
• Operate the scene slate with the clapperboard
• Assist production teams in the shooting tasks on-set
• Assist in troubleshooting issues with camera equipment
• Develop workflow processes to minimise data redundancy throughout the course of production
• Procure physical and network storage required to save and back up video footage
• Configure storage systems as per data storage and redundancy requirements
• Communicate data storage work processes to production crew involved in the shoot
• Set up recording equipment and computer monitors in video village
• Load blank data units into cameras for recording footage
• Monitor live feed from the cameras on-set
• Retrieve data units from camera equipment on exhaustion of storage capacity
• Utilise scripting or automated copying processes to copy data from camera data units to desired storage locations
• Label recorded footages according to labelling structure and norms
• Apply look up tables (LUTs) to the raw footage captured
• Transcode raw video files into specific formats for post-production processes
• Create dailies and rushes from daily captured footage for review by the creative leadership
• Catalogue dailies and rushes according to sequence of shoots
• Provide recorded footage to the video editing team using data transfer or over network storage for post-production work