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Orban iMix products offer
multi-channel audio
Orban has debuted two products for stereo
synthesis and surround sound upmixing.
The iMix Mono2Stereo synthesiser,
developed with sports mixing in mind,
uses a proprietary algorithm to produce
an artifact-free, wide soundstage with
spectrally balanced audio from mono
content. The iMix 257 surround audio
decoder uses a patented DSX sound
algorithm to upmix stereo audio to 5.1 and
7.1 surround for gaming, film, live sports
and TV productions.
Core SWX provides
more battery power
Core SWX’s Hypercore 9 Mini (HC9 Mini)
battery is now shipping worldwide.
A 98Wh (14.8V) battery with a 12A load,
the HC9 Mini measures at 3.54” x 4.65”
x 1.9” (.09m x .12m x .05m) and weighs
1.9 lbs (861.8g). Described by Core SWX
as the “perfect solution” for lighter and
more mobile camera set-ups, the HC9 Mini
is equipped with a LED backlit runtime
LCD on the front of the battery pack. This
identifies how much battery time is left
when in use, and the remaining charge time
while connected to a charger.
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PANELLISTS
April 2012
October
2017
Bringing images
to life with a
palette of colours
In the world of video, colour is more than just human visual perception.
Using colour, colourists in post production are able to highlight subjects
and enhance emotions, thereby conveying a more engaging story.
Josephine Tan writes more.
I
n Van William’s music video Revolution,
which features Swedish folk duo First
Aid Kit, the songwriter-performer tells
the story of a relationship full of conflict
and its eventual demise.
With a focus on composing moving
portraits of the artists that express the
meaning behind the lyrics of the song as
they go through an emotional journey
individually and collectively, director
Grant James delivered a variety of “raw
and striking imagery that balances the
fine line between cinematography while
keeping the subjects grounded in their
own natural aesthetic and realism”.
Produced by Los Angeles-based
media company Milkt Films, the music
video is presented in black and white to
emphasise the photography and story
as much as possible. For this project,
director of photography (DoP) Vance
Burberry used Blackmagic Design’s
URSA Mini Pro digital film camera,
and Video Assist 4K monitor/recorder
to film the music video.
“We wanted the look to evolve as
the story progressed, so it was essential
to have strong photographic images to
work with, which is why I chose the
URSA Mini Pro,” says Burberry. “The
camera’s 15 stops of dynamic range re-
ally shone in greyscale, providing a wide
gamma of dynamic range in deep shad-
ows and blacks through to over-exposed
edges, which roll off very film-like with
the URSA Mini Pro.”
In post, Burberry graded the music
video using DaVinci Resolve Studio,
and the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel to
enhance the theme. He explains: “The
video starts out with a clean look, and
as the story is told, the artists’ hair gets
messier, and they’re screaming and cry-
ing. By the end, they look terrible in a
beautiful way.
“I started off less contrasty and
open in the mid-tones, and as the song
intensified, I decreased the mid-tone
detail just to soften everything up. I then
increased contrast, and darkened up the
mid-tone details, as well as pushed the
highlights hard. Increased mid-tone
detail also brought out the texture of the
skin thanks to the detail captured with
Dr Ahmad Zaki
Mohd Salleh
Group GM, Engineering
Media Prima
Phan Tien Dung
CTO
Vietnam Digital Television
Bernard Anthony
CEO
Cambodian Broadcasting
Services
Presented in black-and-white, the Revolution music video by Van William tells the story of a relationship
full of conflict and its eventual demise. To enhance the theme of the music video, DoP Vance Burberry used
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve Studio and the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel for colour grading.
the URSA Mini Pro.”
When grading black and white us-
ing DaVinci Resolve Studio, Burberry
points out to APB two different ap-
proaches he would take: “First, if I want
a straight black and white look with
no colour added, I will just go into the
RGB mixer and switch to monochrome.
Then, I deal primarily with lift, gamma
and gain. But I also will work in curves
as subtle adjustments to grayscale can
be made there.
“The other approach, which I do a
lot, is pull back saturation to zero, so I