AI Foundation
- Lesson1 of 6
- Time50 min
- Safety gateMust be passed
Rules before tools: consent, data and sign-off
Outcome
Apply the three fixed rules (consent, confidentiality, human sign-off) to real production requests before using any AI tool.
Mapped to 2 ScreenSkills checklist lines
- ScreenSkills floor runner / set PA skills checklist · Skills: "Act honestly and on principle, and treat others with respect and inclusiveness"
- ScreenSkills second assistant camera / clapper loader skills checklist · Core responsibilities: "Store, label, document and deliver media and rushes to production"
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Watch
3 films · about 33 minutes
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Three fixed rules
- Consent: no one's face, voice or performance is scanned, cloned or changed without their informed, written agreement.
- Confidentiality: rushes, scripts, call sheets and contact lists stay out of public tools unless the production has said yes in writing. Ask the four questions: agreement, where held, how long, trained on?
- Sign-off: a person in the right grade checks and signs off every frame, edit and mix.
Before any task
- Is the tool approved by the production, on its systems?
- Does the material include anyone's likeness or personal data?
- Who will check the result, and how will AI use be logged and labelled?
Check
3 questions drawn from 8 · pass mark 80% · safety-critical questions must be right · 3 attempts in 24 hours · new questions each time
Watch the films to open the check.
Do
Triage five AI requests · 20 minutes
For each request, say go, stop or check first, and which rule decides it.
1. Transcribe today's rushes in the approved edit system. 2. Clone the lead's voice for a temp ADR line 'just for the edit'. 3. Summarise the cast contact list in a free chatbot. 4. Remove a boom from a shot in the approved VFX software. 5. Generate a storyboard frame for a pitch from a written description.
How it's marked
- 1 Go (approved, data stays on production systems), with sign-off
- 2 Stop or check first (consent needed in writing, even for temp)
- 3 Stop (personal data)
- 4 Go, with VFX sign-off
- 5 Go or check first (tool terms, credit and labelling)
Met or Not yet, with a comment from a trained reviewer. Until accounts open, open the model answer after you submit and mark your own work against it.
Model answer (open after you submit)
1 Go: approved tool and system; the editor checks. 2 Stop until the performer has agreed in writing: temp use still uses their voice. 3 Stop: personal data. 4 Go: compositor signs off. 5 Go if the tool is allowed; credit the person and label the frame.
Reflect
Record
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