November 2016 CREATION 17
ATG Danmon helps Universal Music Group get ready for 4K / UHD production
The Universal Music Group ( UMG ) has received the first of an international network of five-camera 4K / Ultra HD ( UHD ) flyaways from systems integrator ATG Danmon UK .
Beginning at Capitol Studios , Los Angeles , the project centred on the design , configuration and testing of a complete 4K / UHD production system housed in flight cases , which can be deployed rapidly anywhere in the world .
A second installation , at the Abbey Road Studios in London , is now under way and is expected to be completed by year-end .
The flyaway installed by ATG Danmon includes five Sony PMW-F55 camcorders capturing 16-bit RAW 4K / UHD direct to solid-state memory cards . Grass Valley fibre-optic links connect via SMPTE fibre from each camera to a power unit . The multi-channel feed is then combined into single-mode fibre for easy connection to a production control gallery . One of the Sony cameras is mounted on a Ross Video robotic pan-and-tilt head , while the other four are configured for manual operation .
The installation , according to Michael Frey , UMG ’ s president of operations and advanced media , will provide UMG with “ industry-leading capabilities ” to shoot and produce live-staged events in 16-bit
RAW 4K / UHD .
“ It also embraces every aspect of the broad spectrum available in today ’ s market ,” he added . “ Using integrated mobile technology , our artists can capture video and audio content whenever and wherever they choose , providing fans deeper and richer access to our artists ’ stories across the breadth of digital , mobile and social platforms available around the world .”
End-to-end Blackmagic Design production workflow speeds up Anne ’ s Kitchen ’ s comeback
In the third season of RTL ’ s Anne ’ s Kitchen , host Anne Faber returns to Luxembourg to visit her favourite places and recipes .
Tim Lecomte , technical director of Radar , the creative studio responsible for producing the series , wanted to retain the “ quirky and friendly ” feel from the previous two seasons .
He explained : “ We built a bespoke kitchen set in a 10sqm studio space in order to give us the room needed to operate a multi-camera set-up . However , we kept the pro- duction team very small : just Anne and the director on set , and me at the production desk .”
Lecomte completed the filming of Anne ’ s Kitchen season three in 4K / Ultra HD ( UHD ) with digital film and studio cameras from Blackmagic Design , including the URSA Mini 4.6K and Micro Studio Camera 4K .
A total of five cameras were used for the shoot , with a pair of URSA Mini 4.6K providing tight close-ups and medium wide shots as Faber explained a recipe . Two
URSA 4Ks were used to capture wide shots of the kitchen , covering both the food preparation and cooking areas . Lastly , a gimbalmounted Micro Studio Camera 4K provided a 360 ° shot of the kitchen .
In addition , exterior scenes of Faber ’ s trips around Luxembourg were filmed in RAW on the URSA Mini 4.6K , and were interwoven with the recipe preparation segments .
“ The colour latitude of the 4.6K sensor really comes to the fore in these segments . The images of the sensor are stunning ,” Lecomte
An end-to-end Blackmagic Design production workflow — from filming to editing and grading — was used to shoot the third season of Anne ’ s Kitchen .
added . “ I also found the form factor perfect for shooting these exterior scenes as we didn ’ t need any large or cumbersome fixed set-ups as we followed Anne around .”
Alongside the cameras , Lecomte also used a combination of Blackmagic ’ s MultiView 16 and ATEM 2 M / E Production Studio 4K switcher that handled the feeds received from the five cameras for visioning mixing .
Completing an end-to-end Blackmagic Design production workflow was the DaVinci Resolve Studio for editing and grading . Lecomte concluded : “ For Anne ’ s Kitchen , we used Resolve ’ s multicam editing features extensively . Resolve ’ s toolset is extensive , but simple to use , and the fact that you can switch edit and grade in the same project has sped up our post workflow immensely .”
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