It’s traditional for film and TV technical journalists to play soothsayer in the run-up to major industry events. With NAB and Cine Gear virtual this year and the world’s manufacturers having enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of downtime to hatch their next technological plots, the temptation to speculate has never been greater.
Xavier University has chosen Ikegami HDK-99 cameras as part of an upgrade to its athletics live production facilities.
Practically all communication, including broadcasting, relies totally on electromagnetic waves that may be radiated far and wide from transmitters or guided along wires, waveguides or optical fibers.
The focus of much of the latest broadcast TV R&D is the Remote Integration Model (REMI). From millions of Skype meetings over consumer ISPs to the recent Winter Olympics TV broadcasts, REMI is significantly changing the internal dynamics of live, between-the-glass, remote TV production and viewing.
CreamOS 1.2.0 is a firmware update for its Creamsource’s Vortex8 650W 2’x1’ LED fixture. It introduces a FrameSync function which enables in-camera effects for directors, DPs and gaffers.
Having looked at how microphones are supposed to work, here we see that what happens in practice isn’t quite the same because the ideal and the actual are somewhat different.
Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.
_460_307_70.jpg "DoP Toby Oliver ACS using the Sony VENICE on The Dollhouse feature Seriously Red.")
Rental companies Lemac in Australia and ImageZone in New Zealand talk about how DPs are using Sony Venice.
