Digital Video - January 2008 - (Page 8) DV UPDATE Rolling in for a unique perspective while shooting the horror film Scourge. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE DV UNIVERSE. COMPILED BY DAVID E. WILLIAMS NO FEAR THE JVC PROHD GY-HD250 AND WAFIAN HR-1 HD TEAM FOR THE HORROR FLICK SCOURGE. Director Jonas Quastel and director of photography Corey Robson of PHD Productions (www.phdpro ductions.ca) chose JVC’s lightweight GY-HD250 to shoot the horror film Scourge because of the camera’s ergonomics, 60p capability and HD-SDI out- Redrock Microsystems’ adapter put compatibility with allowed for the use of Nikon stillWafian's direct-to-disk HD camera lenses. video recorder. Seeking a 35mm-like depth-of-field look they mounted the GY-HD250 with manual-focus, still-camera Nikon lenses via Redrock Micro’s M2 adapter unit. Robson, who has filmed extensively with his GY-HD100, knew the GY-HD250 was the right choice to shoot Scourge, He selected it in part because most of the film was to be shot handheld. Questel also favored the GY-HD250 because of its ability to flip the image on the fly (useful when using the Redrock, which 8 dv january 2008 inverts the image) and output 4:2:2 HD-SDI into Wafian's HR-1. “We used the Wafian to preserve the best master image quality possible, as well as bypass HD decks and tapes,” he said. “The camera performed flawlessly.” According to Robson, the camera's compatibility with the HR1’s 24fps reverse pulldown convinced him that this workflow would be the most cost-effective and efficient way to maintain the GY-HD250’s image quality from set to post. “The on-set workflow was simple and worked incredibly well,” he says. “We connected our sound into the camera’s XLRs, where the audio became embedded into the HD-SDI stream along with the camera-generated time code and image. The HD-SDI cable from the camera fed the Wafian back at the director's monitor. This ensured that we had audio on both our HDV backups and on the HR-1, which avoided double-system post expenses.” BITE TEST SONY’S PCM-D1 RECORDER SURVIVES THE STRONGEST JAWS IN AFRICA. Globe-trotting videographer Jim Kinsey — co-owner of Shoshone Wilderness Productions in Hamilton, Montana, and a partner in Wildfirestockfootage.com — took a Sony PCM-D1 digital field recorder on a recent 21-day African safari. The game plan was to capture high-quality animal sound effects along with footage he was shooting for a stock library. One evening, Kinsey left the unit in an enclosed leopard blind www.dv.com http://www.phdproductions.ca http://www.phdproductions.ca http://Wildfirestockfootage.com http://www.dv.com
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