Creating Virtual Production Environments With Production Supervisor Don Bitters September 8^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Much of the attention enjoyed by virtual production currently goes to the spectacular stages with LED displays the size of half a dozen cinema screens. The material we put on those displays, though, can come from a number of places, and anyone putting together a virtual shoot will quickly encounter…

Too Few Crew To Meet The Post Pandemic UK Production Surge July 4^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

There has been an almost inevitable surge in TV production in the UK as the pandemic recedes. The way the sector has rapidly hit production capacity highlights some long-term issues with how the industry attracts and trains new talent.

HDR: Part 4 - Surviving Modern Colorimetry June 29^th 2022 - 09:55 AM

Most people are aware that any color can be mixed from red, green and blue light, and we make color pictures out of red, green and blue images. The relationship between modern color imaging and the human visual system was recently discussed by John Watkinson in his series on color.…

Orbital Virtual Productions - New Large Scale Virtual Production Stages In Downtown LA. June 21^st 2022 - 09:00 AM

Nobody’s risking much, in 2022, by assuming we’re living through the genesis of virtual production. There are enough high-profile productions happening to lend the technique some legitimacy, and while the surge in both interest and the provision of facilities makes it hard to say how demand and supply are mat…

HDR: Part 3 - Grading June 16^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

Almost since photography has existed, people have pursued ways of modifying the picture after it’s been shot. The “dodge” and “burn” tools in Photoshop are widely understood as ways to make things brighter or darker, but it’s probably less widely understood that they refer to techniques for exposure control tha…

HDR: Part 2 - Brightness Encoding May 27^th 2022 - 01:00 PM

Dealing with brightness in camera systems sounds simple. Increase the light going into the lens; increase the signal level coming out of the camera, and in turn increase the amount of light coming out of the display. In reality, it’s always been more complicated than that. Camera, display and p…

Creating Virtual Sets With LED Walls And Unreal Engine With Andy Jarosz May 25^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production based around LED walls involves a disparate collection of technologies, and the people best placed to get the best out of the technology are often multi-disciplinarians with experience across several fields.

HDR: Part 1 - The State of HDR May 18^th 2022 - 12:50 PM

Over the century or so we’ve been making moving images, a lot of improvements have been dreamed up. Some of them, like stereo 3D and high frame rate, have repeatedly suffered a lukewarm reception. Other things, like HD, and even sound and color, enjoyed more or less universal acclaim.

Virtual Production Strains Into Overdrive April 14^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production capabilities are advancing at pace and will also start to become integrated into regular production schedules to reduce production times and costs. What’s more VP is being seen as a way to get productions that have been stifled under Covid restrictions to move quickly into production while p…

Creative Technology: Getting It Right In Camera March 30^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

With the advent of log recording and higher resolution, and large-format cameras, DOPs are increasingly entertaining the notion that just about anything can be ‘fixed’ or finished in post.

2024 BEITC Update: ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Positioning Systems May 15^th 2024 - 10:00 AM

Move over, WWV and GPS. New information about Broadcast Positioning Systems presented at BEITC 2024 provides insight into work on a crucial, common view OTA, highly precision, public time reference that ATSC 3.0 broadcasters can easily provide.

Wi-Fi Gets Wider With Wi-Fi 7 March 26^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

The last 56k dialup modem I bought in 1998 cost more than double the price of a 28k modem, and the double bandwidth was worth the extra money. New Wi-Fi 7 devices are similarly premium-priced because early adaptation of leading-edge new technology is nearly always expensive. The 6 GHz Wi-Fi band was introduced…

NAB Show 2024 BEIT Sessions Part 2: New Broadcast Technologies March 25^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

The most tightly focused and fresh technical information for TV engineers at the NAB Show will be analyzed, discussed, and explained during the four days of BEIT sessions. It’s the best opportunity on Earth to learn from and question indisputable industry experts, meet them, and swap business cards.

Chris Brown Discusses The Themes Of The 2024 NAB Show March 20^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

The Broadcast Bridge sat down with Chris Brown, executive vice president and managing director, NAB Global Connections and Events to discuss this year’s gathering April 13-17 (show floor open April 14-17) and how the industry looks to the show each year for the latest in technology and business models.

Project Managing The Creative Elements Of Live Sports Production March 4^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

Huw Bevan is an Executive Producer, Consultant and Head of Cricket for Sunset+Vine, in London, one of the UK’s leading independent sports production companies that produces a full slate of rugby, soccer and cricket events each year. This interview with him brings insight into the role of the…

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