A Checksum serves the “purpose of detecting errors which may have been introduced during its transmission or storage” -that’s how Wikipedia puts it anyways. To do that, you’ll need a program that runs a checksum verification. You need to verify the footage was transferred, and transferred perfectly. They don’t even consider the necessary protocol needed to correctly duplicate the footage to multiple drives and visually confirm that it’s the correct footage. So many filmmakers just drag and drop their footage, never thinking anything of it. Let’s just talk about one aspect of that protocol, copying and backing up your media. I’ve seen it happen to even experienced data wranglers, DITs, and ACs, and you know what the common denominator always was? Not following protocol. But I’ve seen times where that’s not even an option and shots were totally lost.
If you screw up, the only solution would be to re-shoot. How you handle receiving that little piece of media and what you do with it has tremendous effect on you and those around you. The entire budget of your shoot, and all the work of the cast and crew, rest there in the palm of your hand. If you don’t listen to me, then at least listen to Elmo and Jack Black.Īt some point there may come a time when the entire day’s worth of shooting exists on some small piece of silicon that fits in the palm of your hand.
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