My official title was "Post Media Supervisor" and after the firing of a crew member who snuck photos of Beyonce rehearsing added"On-Set Workflow Specialist" to my list of jobs. At the time, I specialized in on-set and post production workflows around the RED Digital Cinema Camera which was still considered new. My responsibilities included getting the cameras in sync with regard to their firmware, then set up to be the first 10-RED multi-cam shoot in history, make sure they interfaced with the other cameras on set, then back up and transcode all of the footage and get them into a timeline for the editors to take over.
For 24 hours a day, 4 days in a row I was handling the cameras on set, backing up, and processing the footage for post-production and interfacing with both Beyoncé’s and Michael Jackson Estate teams. In the following months, I provided remote support to the production team on dealing with RED footage and the workflow we developed around it.