Creative Analysis: Part 12 - Cinematographer Mark Kenfield On Zia November 30^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

By sheer count of productions, the Indian film market is possibly the world’s largest for film in terms of admissions. On average, the country’s cinemas see more than 1.5 annual admissions per capita – and with a population of nearly 1.4 billion, that’s a lot of capitas – with more than 1600 features …

The Challenges Of Sending IP Video Over A WAN November 27^th 2020 - 11:00 AM

With the proliferation of Ethernet networks and computers in the video world, many media companies are replacing traditional dedicated video links like satellite and microwave with Ethernet-based infrastructures. This is being done for internal contribution applications as well as for delivering content directly to the consumer.

HDR: Part 17 - Creative Technology - Is RAW Really Uncompressed & Unprocessed? November 27^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

It’s hard to object to raw recording. The last thing anyone wants is for the creative intent to be adulterated by unfortunate technical necessities like compression, and the flexibility of raw makes for… well. Let’s admit it: better grading, but also easier rectification of mistakes after the fact, to th…

Protected Transport Bolsters Signal Monitoring For Live Broadcasts Over IP November 25^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Any experienced master control operator or quality control manager will tell you that monitoring hundreds of feeds requires that each individual channel is delivered reliably, on time and to the exact location it was meant to go. When these signals are distributed over the public internet, strict protocols must be…

100GbE Switching And Transport Moves To The Forefront Of Contribution Landscape November 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There was a time, not too long ago, when 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) IP switching was only considered for IT data centers moving large amounts of financial and military data. With the growth of media and the urgent need for remotely controlled production infrastructures, 100 Gb/s is no longer a far…

Organic LCD To Shape The Future Of TV Studio Displays November 20^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The latest displays looking to gain a footing in the studio production arena are made from a technology known to mobile phone developers called organic liquid crystal displays (OLCD). It’s now being tested for dynamic set elements where video can be wrapped around and on top of a set p…

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 6 - Analyzing Gamma Correction In The Frequency Domain November 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

To date, the explanations of gamma that are seen mostly restrict themselves to the voltage or brightness domain and very little has been published about the effects of gamma in the frequency domain. This is a great pity, because analysis in the frequency domain produces interesting results.

Digital Audio: Part 5 - The Mathematics Of Oversampling November 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Oversampling is a topic that is central to digital audio and has almost become universal, but what does it mean?

Creative Analysis: Part 11 - Cinematographer Stephen Whitehead On An Elephant’s Journey November 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s a famous saying about working with children and animals. During production of An Elephant’s Journey, cinematographer Stephen Whitehead would encounter both, and face the challenge of depicting the vast African landscape in a manner befitting a story from the grand tradition of children’s adventure writing.

HDR: Part 16 - Creative Technology - LED Vs HMI November 16^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Big movies still demand big setups, no matter what anyone tells you about the battery-powered light they’re trying to sell. Battery-powered lights are wonderful, of course, even if we only use the battery power for long enough to walk a light in and set it up, but popular ideas a…