Two shows, one solution: Studios A/S uses EVS’ Rec2Post solutions for MasterChef and My Man Can Scandanavian TV productions, writes David Stewart
FORMERLY KNOWNas Metronome Studios and founded in 1996 in Copenhagen, Studios A/S was acquired by Shine Group in April 2009. It currently operates as a full service production facility offering outside broadcast, post production, systems integration and rental services. In 2011 Metronome
Productions, also part of the Shine Group, acquired MasterChef in Denmark for TV3 Viasat while Snowman Productions, part of the Red Arrow Entertainment Group (a ProSieben Sat.1 Group company), was tasked by Kanal 5 SBS TV with producing the game show, My Man Can for Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
execute previously learned workflows and procedures,” explained Tina Christensen, head of productions at Metronome Productions. For My Man Can, the
additional challenge was a geographical one as Snowman Productions was tasked with producing and delivering three seasons in three weeks to three different countries. This meant they needed to produce and deliver episodes a lot faster. “Usually we’d physically
take the disks with us on a plane to the other location and ingest and edit the clips there,” said Lars Fønss, head of productions at Snowman Productions. “But with a very limited time frame, we needed
“As a facility we want to use technology which will help make production companies’ lives easier and provide them with a smoother operation”
Peter Seehausen, Studios A/S
One EVS IPDirector handled the creation of clips across all relevant camera angles while simultaneously transferring files
Both companies selected Studio A/S to help them create the best workflows to meet their needs. The two companies used tape- and disk-based workflows like XDCam, which meant high costs for hiring tape machines, disks and manpower to operate the equipment. So the first hurdle was now to overcome legacy workflows while reducing operating expenses. For Metronome, additional challenges included a very tight production budget and a short time-frame for completion and changing how the company worked and managing the change. “We’ve always been very linear and would simply
to start working on the clips immediately, so any way we could simplify the process was crucial to us.” Having used EVS kit for over a decade, Studios A/S knew its Rec2Post solution would offer the productions of MasterChef and My Man Can the best workflow, saving both companies time and money. The workflow involved a six-channel XS Server providing the ingest of six feeds; two IPDirectors — for the content production and management suite; ingest control (scheduling and crash recording), browsing and clipping; logging operations; and XTAccess gateway solution enabling transfer to removable disks and