14 TVBEurope News & Analysis
www.tvbeurope.com December 2013
The ITV Studios complex has six studios which transmit more than seven hours of live programming each day. Vinten has provided the support
Segments of This Morningfrequently go outside to film on the South Bank
modifications and use them as a stable tracking base. In terms of performance, the studios are very big and there is a really fast turnaround of programmes. The Vinten peds have the weight and stability required, they smooth out any nicks and chips on the studio floor, and as we have seen from the length of time they have lasted, they are extremely reliable.” Darren Bramley is head of
cameras at ITV Breakfast, where he has been since before the launch of the first programme in 1992. He has worked in
A range of Vinten pedestals and tripods are used, dating back to the first HP 7 pedestals
“I can’t really fault the performance of Vinten’s products. They are intuitive, easy to use and the service they offer is second to none as their knowledge base is brilliant” Darren Bramley, ITV Breakfast
breakfast television for more than 20 years and now occupies a senior role managing the studio crew, operating on the show every day in the studio, on PSC and OBs. Breakfast’s flagship
programmes, Daybreak and
Lorraine, are currently filmed in studio three at ITV Studios, which has four Vinten pedestals in use throughout the daily live shows. “I got my first Vinten tripod back in 1987 when I was at the Beeb and its still going strong
now,” Bramley explains. “I can’t really fault the performance of Vinten’s products. They are intuitive, easy to use and the service they offer is second to none as their knowledge base is brilliant.”
The studio is rigged with six Vinten pedestals, including an Osprey Plus
Studio three is used for the
live breakfast programmes for three hours five days a week, and in addition to the pedestals it is also equipped with a range of pan and tilt heads including the company’s Vision 11, Vision 100 and Vision 250. Down the corridor studio eight is the home of ITV’s live daytime TV flagship This Morning. The studio is rigged with six Vinten pedestals, including two Quattro pedestals, three Hawks and one Osprey Plus, and five Vector 700 heads, all part of the equipment overseen by Steven Hulbert, camera supervisor for This Morning. As well as being in use inside the studio, segments of the This Morning production frequently go outside to film on the Southbank or the nearby grassy areas. Hulbert often puts tracking wheels on to his Osprey Plus, to give it stability and greater ground clearance for outside broadcast applications. Hulbert says: “The equipment
is very robust, it doesn’t need much looking after. On the rare occasions that there are problems, it is very easy to maintain. Vinten is actually all I’ve ever known, as it has always been ITV’s in house equipment.”
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