3418-Quantel-Canal Case S

Right: The new Canal+ habillage,
produced on Quantel’s gQ.
To deal with this complexity, Canal+ installed an HD
oscilloscope and simultaneous HD/SD monitoring to
check results in all formats. Once these technical
problems were resolved, flexible work methods were
implemented.
“With this base,” says Florence Déchanet, “we had
the ability to play around with the templates, while
continuing to respect the colour principles and the
style guide. We then went on to the editing phase,
based on an audio template. A musician came in to
pace each sequence on a timeline. Alternating black
and white segments on parallel tracks made it easier
to introduce prefabricated material into each clip.
This is where having the metadata with the history of
each element made it easier to edit and make
changes as needed.”
Once the editing was complete, the editor produced
an international version, used in France and then
adapted to the other Canal+ countries and
languages. It was therefore essential to have a
workable archiving and retrieval system and to have
a consistent style guide for adaptations.
“It’s true that these various upstream development
stages took time and that the best solutions didn’t
necessarily jump off the screen on Day 1,” concludes
Florence Déchanet, “but this exploration phase was
one of the most interesting and creative parts of the
process. Having the right tools was a key to produce
the quality and quantity required for this project,
while respecting very tight deadlines. We produced
over 300 useable sequences on the Quantel kit,
which definitely lived up to expectations and allowed
us to get this very complex and creative job done
properly.”
Fasia Lamari, a graphic artist who has been working
with Robial (and Quantel equipment) for over 20
years, appreciates “the ergonomics and precision of
the new generation Quantel systems. The Canal+
Right: Canal+ in Russia.
Far right: This reads SPORT.