Commercial Shoot

today 6am need to reach office! 5am wake up, is hard for me somemore today is sat.. @_@ for a commercial shoot, wat i need to do is just playing back the music for the commercial.. mm.. thou i wouldn involve much in tis job, n tis video will be edited by previous editor n my head i think.. but i'll let myself learn something new..
we have bigger production team compare to previous company, they use P2 format (instead of tape), it's something new to me (thou is not new in tis industry), so i took initiative n ask the media guy (not sure if tis is the rite word).. after finish the P2 card, they will take out n slot it into laptop thru P2 drive n copy into our hard disc as data file, mxf format, (each take 1 clip) n then editor will convert it into editable format. (subject to wat software he use, according to the editor, currently there's no software can read mxf)
we work til 6pm++, back office at 7pm++ after packing up the stuff. thou is tiring to me but atleast i learnt something new n oso... earned some money..hehe..i didn expect i'll get pay, tot is part of my job.. =)





What is P2?

P2 Cards are Memory cards in a PCMCIA format, roughly the same size as a credit card. P2 Cards house 4 high speed Secure Digital (yes, the same cards that digital still cameras use) laid out in a raid array. Currently in 2gb and 4gb sizes, an 8gb version will be released in the next few months. By being solid state and in a metal shell, the P2 cards are the most durable Video storage medium available. It's main competition, Sony’s XDCam Blue Laser, is a disc based format, which can't take even a fraction of the 1500g's of shock the P2 cards can, let alone scratches, dust, dirt, etc. By using SD cards, Panasonic has guaranteed an easy roadmap for future expansion, as normal high demand SD cards increase in size and decrease in price, so will the P2 cards. This relieves the sole burden (read cost) of Panasonic developing increased capacities in the future.


Info source:
www.dvxuser.com/articles/P2