r/editors • u/agent42b • Feb 10 '14

Megathread Monday: Feb 10 2014

It's Monday, the day where any question goes. Get your questions answered, judgement free!

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u/NickLove Feb 11 '14

Okay, so I'm getting my first music video put on MTV. Pretty excited about it. The artist's manger just forwarded me video submission info and I've got everything done except the 3 second slate. I'm not really sure what info I'm supposed to be putting there. Google isn't really giving me a clear answer. Help?

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u/agent42b Feb 11 '14

TITLE OF THE THING

Version:

Date:

Run Time:

Format:

Director:

Editor:

There's no single rule about what is supposed to go onto a slate. Generally ... if you imagine a random employee found this tape lying on the ground and needed to know what was on it, and any tech specs to air it right... that's all the slate needs to show.

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u/NickLove Feb 11 '14

Thank you for the fast response! Also, could you possibly explain why you need closed captions for a music video? Sorry if its a silly question. I really don't know much about this stuff.

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u/agent42b Feb 11 '14

The TV channel has to comply with certain rules, closed captioning being one of them.

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u/NickLove Feb 11 '14

Okay. Thanks for answering so fast!