There is a disturbing and growing consensus among viewers that many movies and TV shows today are under illuminated or simply too dark. As DOPs, we surely share some of the blame, but there is plenty of blame to go around.
As a child I came under two powerful influences. The first of these was electricity. My father was the chief electrician at a chemical works and he would bring home any broken or redundant electrical parts for me to tinker with, dismantle and occasionally repair.
Cloud based workflows are here to stay. So, there are no longer any technical or production-based reasons not to take full advantage of the opportunities this can bring to broadcasters.
This is the first of a series of 14 articles that re-visit the basic building blocks of knowledge required to understand how IP networks actually work in the context of broadcast production systems.
“Tom”, they said to me in the closing hours of a major trade show: “could you possibly write 1600 words or so on the topic of news?”. I immediately said “yes” and once home I skipped breakfast then sat down to write this – I thought about my recent attendances at NAB, IBC, various DPP, EBU and SMPTE conferences to try and identify what I thought people actually want to hear and realized that while it’s very easy to come up with 1600 words on a specific topic (say, “the potential long-term impact of 5G on contribution workflows”, or “the possibilities of ingest-stage AI metadata on improving monetization of file-based archives”, for example – pick a topic from your favorite conference) it’s far harder with a topic as broad as “News”.
The new ATEM Television Studio 4K8 live production switcher combines all the great broadcast features of the ATEM Television Studio HD with additional support for Ultra HD standards up to 2160p60. It features 8 standards converted 12G-SDI inputs, 10 x 12G-SDI aux outputs for external recorders and a 4 port 10G Ethernet switch. It also supports live streaming, talkback and optional internal network storage as well as a joystick for precise DVE control.
Genelec has unveiled the 8381A Smart Active Monitoring system, a flagship floor-standing Adaptive Point Source design that fuses exceptional precision and envelopment with unrivalled LF control, huge headroom and high-resolution imaging.
The Metaverse may seem a long way off but the technology underpinning its rapid deployment is here today and has the potential to empower broadcasters to improve the immersive viewing experience.
