Cinematography for Streaming and HDR Delivery
Meeting streaming technical requirements from camera to archive: why specs exist, approved cameras and runtime rules, PQ, HLG and HDR metadata, scene-referred pipelines and ACES, HDR-first mastering and Dolby Vision trims, IMF packages and versions, loudness and stems, subtitles, captions and audio description, QC, LTO archives, guild agreements, residuals and incentives, and a capstone delivery plan.
CINE-430 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons · 6 h 37 min
Offered by HSM University · Cinematography
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.
What you'll learn
- Explain why streaming services publish technical specifications and how capture, pipeline and finishing decisions affect delivery
- Read capture requirements, check approved cameras and recording modes, apply runtime rules and plan framing for several aspect ratios
- Convert between luminance and PQ code values, describe HLG, and distinguish container and mastering gamuts in HDR delivery
- Design a documented scene-referred color pipeline with show looks, CDLs and calibrated HDR and SDR monitoring from set to finishing
- Describe HDR-first mastering, Dolby Vision analysis and trim metadata, and measure MaxCLL and MaxFALL from a master
- Explain IMF packages, composition playlists and supplemental packages, and plan storage, frame-rate conversions and safe areas
- Describe streaming loudness targets, true-peak limits, mix formats, stems and M&E, and support picture and sound sync from set
- Apply timed-text reading speed and placement rules and explain audio description and accessibility rules in Canada or the US
- Explain automated and manual QC, read QC reports and prevent common picture faults such as flicker, dead pixels and gamut excursions
- Plan an archive with LTO and cloud copies, checksums, fixity checks, migration and a record of creative intent
- Explain how financing, regulation, certification and labor agreements in Canada or the US shape delivery requirements
- Prepare a delivery plan and picture QC checklist for an HDR streaming series
Course content
12 lessons · 6 h 37 min total · final exam
- 1 The streaming landscape and why technical specs exist 32 min · quiz
- 2 Camera approval and capture requirements 33 min · quiz
- 3 HDR fundamentals for delivery: PQ, HLG and metadata 32 min · quiz
- 4 The HDR color pipeline from set to post 34 min · quiz
- 5 Mastering: HDR masters, SDR derivations and Dolby Vision metadata 31 min · quiz
- 6 Deliverables: IMF packages, masters and versions 34 min · quiz
- 7 Audio for streaming: loudness, Atmos and stems 34 min · quiz
- 8 Subtitles, captions, audio description and accessibility 30 min · quiz
- 9 Quality control: automated and manual QC 32 min · quiz
- 10 Archiving and preservation 32 min · quiz
- 11 The US distribution context: unions, residuals and industry bodies 30 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: a delivery plan and QC checklist for an HDR streaming series 43 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Meeting streaming technical requirements from camera to archive: why specs exist, approved cameras and runtime rules, PQ, HLG and HDR metadata, scene-referred pipelines and ACES, HDR-first mastering and Dolby Vision trims, IMF packages and versions, loudness and stems, subtitles, captions and audio description, QC, LTO archives, guild agreements, residuals and incentives, and a capstone delivery plan.
Part of the Film & Photography stream, typically taken in year 4.