Technical Requirements -- Specialization -- Security -- Budgeting and Costs -- Determining Requirements -- Estimating Time -- Budget Limits -- Bids -- Facility Rate Structures -- Inclusions and Exclusions -- Additional Factors Affecting Transfer Costs -- Scheduling Facility Time -- Sources of Information About Facilities -- Staff Roles -- Making the Booking -- Confirmation -- Facility Business Practices -- Billing Policy -- Payment -- Liability and Security -- Protection of Materials -- Satisfaction -- Problems and Solutions -- Summary -- 12 The Telecine Environment -- The Physical Environment -- The Room -- The Console -- Primary Tools -- The Creative Environment -- Responsibilities of Individuals -- Working Relationships -- Typical Interrelationships During the Transfer Process -- 13 Telecine Methods and Techniques -- Technique -- What Can Be Taught? -- What Cannot Be Taught? -- The Essentials of Technique -- Know the Capabilities of the Equipment -- Identify the Desired Results -- Manage the Process -- Achievable Goals -- Reproduce Accurately What Was Shot -- Compensate for Unavoidable Technical Variations -- Compensate for Film Errors -- Optimize Transfer for Use of Special Effects -- Create a Look or Image -- Telecine Controls -- Initializing Controls -- Image Geometry Controls -- Video Controls -- Practical Application -- Film-Transport Controls -- Color Correction and Matching -- Secondary Color Correction -- Using the Color-Correction Computer -- Using a Telecine Machine Controller -- A Simple Transfer -- A More Complex Transfer -- Using the Controller for Calculations -- Macro Functions -- 14 Five Sample Scenarios -- Feature Film Transfer on a Limited Budget -- Monday -- Tuesday -- Wednesday -- Music Video Transfer -- Friday -- Saturday -- Dailies Transfer for a Television Series -- Wednesday -- Friday -- Thursday-Transfer Day 1