FCP Video Scopes

I've been doing a lot of reading on the internet, and in Final Cut Pro manuals about how to read the video scopes, but there are still a few questions I need answered.
1. When you keep the waveform monitor reading between 0 and 100 IRE, does that mean nothing can go outside of that range if you want properly exposed footage? What constitutes proper lighting? I have a few clips shot with a Sony VX-2100 that are a bit dark and grainy that peak out at 90%. What exactly are you looking for when reading this scope? What does a perfect video look like on the scopes?
2. The line on the vectorscope that measures proper skin tones: What happens when you have a small cluster or two separate lines that don't run along that skin tone line? What should you be looking at when adjusting for skin tones.
3. How do you want your zebra stripes to look on the setting of 70 when your shooting?
Any thourough explanation would be greatly appreciated.

http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?[email protected]@.ee6bc80
I stand corrected. Nothing in the terms about in depth workflow and teaching how to do something.
My humblest apologies.
I guess I assumed that this being the Apple Final Cut Pro site, and the agreement stating:
"Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer. Feedback about new feature requests or product enhancements are welcome too. Don't post non-constructive complaints, polls, or petitions."
I thought that the post should be geared toward the product being supported on the site. And not one of your questions was about Final Cut Pro in the slightest...all about how to read scopes and how to light properly and how to set up zebras. Not one of those things is something done in Final Cut Pro....well, OK, there are scopes in FCP...I'll give you that.
I'll just keep to myself now.
Shane
"There's no need to fear, UNDERDOG is here!"

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