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ITV Studios, BBC Camera Corps “Q-Ball” HD robotic camera has proved to be one of the more unusual cameras of 2010. Originally used at the Beijing Olympics, last year it found niches in the jungle heat of ITV1’s reality series I’m A Celebrity and the summer’s 2010 season of BBC Proms in London. Incorporating a miniature Sony block camera, the H11, housed in a specially machined solid aluminium sphere, the camera captures images through its 1/3 inch CMOS sensor. Camera Corps uses the H11 because it is the smallest high quality HD camera available. See page 29 (Entry Level HD)


JUST WILLIAM Camera used SRW-9000 Production company BBC Director of photography Erik Wilson shot this classic children’s series on the 9000. A rugged one-piece body with self-contained HDCAM SR recording deck, the 9000’s Super 35mm CCD sensor offers the same imaging performance as the F23. Filmed in just 28 days on location in the Home Counties, Wilson concluded that it was the best version of a 2/3 inch chip camera he has used. See page 21 (HDCAM Case Studies)


LOUIE SPENCE’S SHOW- BUSINESS Camera used PMW-EX3 Production company Pulse Films Pulse Films is to make a new 10-part observational documentary series based around the star of Pineapple Dance Studios Louie Spence. The 41-year-old dancer will set up a dance school to rival Pineapple in the new series in which he trains new dancers for a West End show. The show will be executive produced by Pulse’s Jonathan Stadlen and shot on the EX3 to SxS memory cards.


NEIGHBOURHOOD BLUES Camera used PMW-EX1 Production company Raw Cut Television Raw Cut TV, producer of Police Interceptors for Channel Five, is making a new 5x45 minute daytime series for BBC1 Neighbourhood Blues.


The observational documentary series will follow the work of a ground-breaking new force in Kent, as it confronts the problems of troubled local housing estates and takes on the law-breakers who are making life a misery for many of the families living there. The show will be shot the EX1. See page 16 (The Producer Profile)


THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX


Camera used PDW-700 Production company Lime Pictures A fast-turnaround 10-part “reality soap”, this groundbreaking ITV2 show was made possible by a workflow faciliatated by the 700 camcorder shooting to Professional Disc. According to lighting camera operator Ben Spence it was the speed of ingest of the XDCAM HD optical discs which made the format the winner on this series. See page 26 (XDCAM Case Studies)


PIXEL FACE Camera used PDW-700 Production company So Television Cameras supplied by Procam Television The challenge for So Television’s BBC Children’s comedy series Pixel Face was squeezing a 26-part show into a 10 week shoot in a studio at Twickenham Studios. DoP Johnny Morrison looked at camera solutions that matched the style of the show., with XDCAM HD handled the bright colours best. Shooting at 50Mb/s, while working with Professional Discs saved money in post. See page 23 (XDCAM case studies)


THE REAL... Camera used PDW-700 Production company Blakeway Films Blakeway’s The Real... returned to BBC World News for a fourth in its series of local travel guides with visits to Buenos


MUSIC VIDEOS Cameras used PMW-EX1, PMW-EX3 Production company Pulse Films Cameraman Giorgio Testi has used a combination of the EX1 and EX3 on a range of music videos from Richard Ashcroft at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire to Blur in Hyde Park. According to Testi the cameras are perfect for shooting live music, being small enough to be unobtrusive and easy to manage during a live music performance. Even in low light they are capable of achieving a “gorgeous look” according to Testi, who uses the camera’s variable frame rate function to achieve slow motion effects. See page 25 (XDCAM Case Studies)


THE SCANNER Camera used PMW-EX1 Production company Redweather Productions Shot on the EX1 with Letus adapter and Nikon primes this award-winning doc shows how computer technology helps patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome – a rare condition that causes near permanent hunger. It was directed by Edward McGown with Robert Hollingworth on camera. See page 10 (The Producer Gallery)


SHIPWRECKS IN THE SOLENT Camera used PMW-EX1R Production company Redweather Productions The New Forest National Trust commissioned this film shot by award- winning underwater cameraman Michael Pitts using a Gates underwater housing and the EX1R. It was directed and edited by Redweather’s Frank Spencer See page 9 (The Producer Gallery)


Aires, New York, Berlin and Shanghai, all shot in XDCAM on the 700.


RICHARD ASHCROFT, BLUR


SINGLE FATHER Camera used SRW-9000 Production company Red Production Company BBC1 four-part drama Single Father starring David Tennant was shot on the 9000 by DoP Ulf Brantas on location in Glasgow. The story of a bereaved father faced with the prospect of bringing up four children single handed was directed by Sam Miller. See page 8 (The Producer Gallery)


T-MOBILE HEATHROW FLASHMOB Camera used HDC-1500 Production company: Smuggler This film, TV and commercials producer used Aerial Camera Systems’ 1500s with remote SMARTheads shooting 1080 25P to make this campaign for agency M&C Saatchi agency which involved orchestrating a flash mob event at one of the world’s busiest airports.


TALE OF TWO SEAS Camera used PMW-EX1R Cameraman and producer Michael Pitts is shooting this National Geographic Special Tale of Two Seas on the EX1. The film compares the marine ecologies of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea.


YOGA FOR UNITY Camera used PMW-500


Production company Roundtable Films Cameraman Justin Purefoy shot this feature doc in Kenya on the 500, overcranking the footage to create the feelings of tranquillity and balance that yoga can bring about. Benefits included the tapeless workflow of the 500 and impoved recording time on SxS card media now available as 64GB cards. Purefoy was able to record up to two hours of HD video on each card meaning that changing cards needed to be done less frequent and could usually wait until the crew returned to the hotel. See page 9 (The Producer Gallery)


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