United Kingdom
Professional Video
Content creation & presentation
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Poker Ashes
The recently-aired ‘Poker Ashes 2009’ on Sky involved more than just clever cards; with the GY-HM700 camera used for aerial photography and interviews at the live event,
and the KM-H3000 production switcher used for mixing the live action, it was a true JVC production.
Ian Langstaff, from Winmedia Ireland, explains the workflow behind this event.
“I film lots of aerial shots for programmes, which generally helps to set the scene in the opening minutes. The new GY-HM700 camcorder was ideal for this; it’s not too big, yet is big enough to be stable when I’m hanging out of a helicopter!
It provides the professional footage I require, in a format that’s quick to edit, and is small enough for me to carry as hand-luggage when travelling, which I do fairly
often.”
Ian’s GY-HM700, supplied by TNP Broadcast, was also taken along to the live poker filming, and was used to shoot atmospheric shots and interviews with the poker players themselves.
Steve Cotterill, Managing Director of broadcast services specialist provider, Editec, adds; “The event was shot as live so as to minimise postproduction, using the KM-H3000 production switcher for mixing to tape in large sections of live play. We recorded the whole event in HD, and mixed as much as we could live so that we could have whole packages of footage for simple post-production later. There was also an editor onsite, who made packages using Final Cut Pro from rushes taken by the GY-HM700 and transferred to their Mac via SDHC. This saved valuable time as there was no need to transcode the media once it was recorded.”
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