THE INSTITUTE OF VIDEOGRAPHY Issue 224| September/October 2014 | Price £4.50 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: The IBC This month’s theme: Amsterdam Niche Markets & Specialization Special Courage on the Catwalk; an IOV Northern Scotland Project All at Sea Part 2 Local TV Video of the Month; the Making of... RedGiant Shooter Suite Review Canon XF-205 Review The Sony ASF-100 as a Second Camera ...and MUCH more! FOCUS MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES A YEAR BY THE INSTITUTE OF VIDEOGRAPHY LTD GY-HM850 & GY-HM890 camcorders FIRST ON-AIR, FIRST ONLINE BE FIRST TO TELL THE STORY JVC’s next generation camcorders, featuring 50Mbps recording, advanced networking and studio/ENG form factors Whatever your fi lming requirements, there’s no need to compromise on design. Both the shoulder-mounted GY-HM850 ENG camcorder and the modular GY-HM890 studio/ENG camcorder feature three full HD CMOS sensors and F12 sensitivity, delivering images that are second to none. 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GY-HM850_890 first on-air A4 ad.indd 1 7/17/2014 11:07:51 AM Welcome to the September/October 2014 issue of We’ve had a brilliant summer, and I hope most of you have been out there doing interesting work and earning shedloads of money! Not that the weather is a crucial issue for all of us, given that IOV members do all sorts of work, and some have chosen, or somehow fallen into, a specialty or niche which they enjoy and have become expert at. This is our mini-theme this time, Specialising and Niche Markets. As Autumn arrives so does IBC in beautiful Amsterdam, and I was fortunate enough to attend for three days to represent the IOV. So our Industry News has now become an IBC Special in an enlarged section. This year’s show seems to strike an op- timistic note as manufacturers converge to make 4K video practical and affordable. It’s not just about pixel count of course, since the move towards a cinematic look is now well-established whatever area of production you happen to be in, so we are all interested in equipment that allows us to produce the look and the movement that captivates our audience. So there’s lots on this and related subjects in this issue. Returning to the theme of niche markets, we have David Pratt’s second serving about the life of a cruise liner videographer, my own interview with Alan Howard, and Mark Ballantyne examining his area of speciality and noting the importance of the link with education. Ian Sandall writes another of his excellent software reviews and there are product reviews from Cheema and myself in this expanded 44-page edition. Keith Woolford’s Smile column and our other regular feature “Worth a Look” are also present and hopefully correct! A big thank you to all our writers and my team of “spotters”, Keith Woolford, Chris North, and Alan Howard! Tony Manning, Editor GY-HM850 & GY-HM890 camcorders Index of Contents 20 Smile... with Keith Woolford 4-5 Courage on the Catwalk - an 21 Executive Report Area 1a Project by Alan Rae FIRST ON-AIR, FIRST ONLINE 6-7 Niche Markets in Video 22-24 Red Giant Shooter Suite Review Production Tony Manning BE FIRST TO TELL THE STORY interviews Alan Howard by Ian Sandall 24 From the Forums 8-9 Local TV Update 25 Training Workshops, by Richard Laurence Worth a Look 10-11 All at Sea Part 2 26-27 Review of Canon XF-205 by David Pratt 14-16 Sony AS100VR Review by Tony Manning 28-29 You Need a HND to Produce by Zulqar Cheema Video! by Mark Ballantyne 17 REDirect Competition 30-39 IBC Special 40 “The List” 18 -19 Video of the Month Latest 41 Trade Directory JVC’s next generation camcorders, by Mike West featuring 50Mbps recording, advanced networking and studio/ENG form factors CONTACTS Arbitration Service Published By: Membership Administrator Whatever your fi lming requirements, there’s no need to compromise on design. 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The cameras have exceptional GY-HM850 GY-HM890 Webmaster Ltd Editing & Design: Tony Manning networking technology too – built-in live streaming engine, FTP and 3G/4G • Shoulder-mount ENG camcorder • Modular studio and ENG camcorder Zulqar Cheema T: 020 8923 6068 Executive Committee connectivity enables live HD transmission, while embedded Zixi network • 50Mbps recording • Includes all GY-HM850 features E: [email protected] Mob: 07960 719520 • Network streaming and FTP • Pool feed input with live streaming support ensures your story gets home, even under diffi cult network conditions. • 20x autofocus Fujinon lens • Fibre and multicore studio options Tony Manning M.M.Inst.V. (Chair) FOCUS Magazine contents, and its logo, Treasurer Zulqar Cheema M.M.Inst.V. and the Institute Logo, are copyright of the Zulqar Cheema M.M.Inst.V. Institute of Videography Ltd. While we make For further information on our camcorders, Bryan Stanislas M.M.Inst.V. E: [email protected] Mike West M.M.Inst.V. every effort to ensure accuracy, we cannot please visit www.jvcpro.co.uk/800series. T: 01279 413260 take responsibility for losses resulting from publishing errors of any kind, howsoever E: [email protected] caused. ProVideo 2011, ProVideo 2012 and ProVideo GY-HM850_890 first on-air A4 ad.indd 1 7/17/2014 11:07:51 AM more samples to be tested that was Courage on the Catwalk previously possible. This video was shot in Aberdeen University Medical An IOV AREA 1a Project School. This involved an interview with the head of research and B-roll of various tests and procedures. Just before each round 2 videos telling the story of a model were shown. These six videos are about 3 minutes long and are a mixture of interview with B roll and voice over. In April we set up and filmed the interviews at a local hotel. From these 6 interviews a script was written for each model and this informed what B-roll foot- age would be needed. This was then shot over the next 2 weeks. Finally the voice over was recorded and dropped over the B-roll footage. All seven videos were edited on Premier Pro CC and recorded onto a SSD Drive for playback on the Blackmagic Area 1a is the IOV’s largest geo- lives have been affected by graphical area [see the map on P.40. cancer. There are 2 events Ed.] with the smallest membership staged over 1 day. In each with only 9 members however despite event there are 3 rounds of a this it is one of the most active areas fashion show where the mod- still holding monthly meeting and els hit the catwalk showing engaging in a number of activities. off fashion from various local Regular activities involve new equip- stores. Each round consists ment reviews, discussion on new of 2 groups of 12 models trends, knowledge sharing, and re- who are accompanied by a view of work (constructive criticism), local singer. The event is held socialising and working on joint learn- in the Aberdeen Beach Ballroom and HyperDeck. ing projects such as “Courage on the there are some positions in the hall On the 30th of May we managed to Catwalk.” that the stage can’t be seen from so get access to cable out the 4 camera positions and the This is the third year Area 1a has production desk (See decided to work as a team involved Picture 2 above). in a charity video project that enables them to give something back into the We ran out a HD-SDI local community. These events have cable, Co-Axial Video been a great opportunity for mem- Cable (See below) bers to learn and develop new and and Talk Back Cable additional skills such as: managing a to the 4 positions multi-camera shoot, live production and then made sure and switching, talkback, cable distri- that they were safely bution and management, live sound secured to prevent production. any risk of injury. Courage On The Catwalk, which took we project on to 2 large screens so Below is a list of the kit used: place on May 31st 2014, is a char- that everybody can see (see picture BlackMagic Design Production Switcher ity event run by Friends of Anchor.