1000 Prep
- 1010 Dailies Logging
- The time spent screening, selecting and logging all material at the beginning of a project.
- 1020 Dailies Digitizing
- The time spent loading (digitizing) the selected material onto the hard drives of a computer based editing system.
- 1030 Telecine Prep
- The time spent creating an EDL of the project and matching back to the original camera negative in preparation for the film-to-tape transfer.
- 1040 Negative Cutting
- The time spent cutting the original camera negative and assembling select scenes.
- 1050 EDL Prep
- Preparation of an EDL (edit decision list) prior to audio, film-to-tape and on-line edit sessions.
- 1060 Graphics Design Prep
- The time spent by artists to explore a variety of design ideas. Gathering elements and creating elements to be used in the design process.
- 1070 Mix/Sound Design Prep
- Loading and organizing all sound elements prior to the mix.


