IN-HOUSE FACILITIES (EDITING SUITES, DUBBING/TRANSFER STATIONS & STUDIOS)
Producers with appointments for in house facilities must check in with the production facilities staff on duty before their scheduled session begins. At this time they and their guests and talent must sign in. Production facilities staff will then set producers up in the facility. Under no conditions are producers allowed to go into the editing suites, Dubbing/Transfer Stations or studios without first checking in with the MNN Production Facilities staff member on duty.
We will only check out the facility to the person in whose name the reservation was made. Only MNN-certified users may operate the equipment in the editing rooms, Dubbing/Transfer Stations and studios.
Failure to appear on time for a scheduled session may result in the time being given to another producer. Room reservations will be held for fifteen minutes past the scheduled check-in time before being given away. Producers who will be late can call and we will hold the room for up to 1/2 hour. Producers should call within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. Under no circumstances will a room be held for longer than 1/2 hour from their scheduled time. Failure to appear on time for a scheduled session will count as a regular session whether or not the reservation is given to another producer. Repeated lateness will result in suspension of a producer's access to the facilities (see Cancellation policy).
Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s production facilities are user operated. Producers using the facilities are expected to be willing to learn how to operate them in an independent manner. Production Facilities staff is available to offer technical assistance and to facilitate the learning process. However, due to the numbers of producers we serve at any given time, Production Facilities staff cannot spend an extended amount of time with any single producer, and cannot act as editors, character generator operators, or as crew members for a studio shoot. Producers who are unable to work independently should work at one of the many facilities around the city, which offer technician operated services.
Members of the Production Department are available for consultations and training sessions. To arrange for such a session contact Production at (212) 757-2670 x312.
Producers experiencing technical difficulties should report immediately to the production facilities staff on duty. If the problem is due to equipment error, the producer will be credited for any downtime, and may re-schedule the session based on room availability. Producers will not be credited for downtime due to operator error or faulty tapes. Downtime will be credited starting from the time the producer reports the problem to the production facilities staff on duty.
Under no conditions should producers attempt to connect other equipment to MNN editing rooms, dubbing system or studios, make technical adjustments, or re-configure the editing rooms, dubbing system or studios.
There is absolutely no eating, drinking, or smoking in the editing rooms, Dubbing/Transfer Stations or studios. Smoking and consumption of alcoholic beverages and unprescribed or illegal drugs is prohibited on the premises of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, or while operating MNN equipment. Anyone who appears to be under the influence of alcohol or unprescribed or illegal drugs can be denied use of the equipment. Under such circumstances the producer will not be credited for the lost session. Operation of MNN equipment under the influence of alcohol or unprescribed or illegal drugs is grounds for suspension of the producer's access to the facilities.
Producers must vacate the facilities on time. If an edit suite or the dub room is vacant half an hour prior to the facilities closing, that room will close for the night. Producers in the editing rooms and Dubbing/Transfer Stations should start packing up and preparing to leave ten minutes prior to the end of the session, in order to finish on time. Producers in the studio should begin packing up 1/2 hour prior to the end of their session, so that their equipment can be returned, and the next producer can get in to the studio on time. It is the responsibility of the producer to keep track of her/his own time. A producer failing to vacate a room on time may have their access to the facilities suspended. Repeated refusal to vacate a room when asked by production facilities staff will result in the immediate suspension of the producer ’s access to the facilities.
Upon vacating an editing room, the Dubbing/Transfer Stations, or studio, a producer must leave it clean and ready for the next producer. The studio must be swept, all curtains returned to their proper place and all sets and furniture put away.
After completing a session in the facility, a producer must check out with production facility’s staff.
