July 2007 - Institute of Videography

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Industry News321 Action!There is a new saying in therural district of Agave in SoutheastGhana and that’s: “3,2,1Action!” Norwich-basedcommunity filmmaker, and IOVmember, Michelle Savage fromShelly Telly has been in Ghanafor 10 days enabling youngpeople to make their own films.She began by teaching themthe traditional film countdown.The children loved it and taughtit to all their friends.Michelle, assisted byvolunteer Wendy Hicks, workedwith two different schools -Dabala Technical College andDabala D.A. Junior SecondarySchool. The teachers pickedthree children from each schoolto join the Shelly Telly ActionCrew. Michelle took with herfilms made by Sheringham HighSchool students. She says: “Thechildren in Ghana thought theSheringham films were fantastic.They particularly liked seeing thehouses and cars and inside aBritish classroom.”The project began when Shellywas asked to make afilm about the AgaveDevelopmentAssociation (ADA).The plan was thatMichelle would go toGhana and do twoprojects. Theschoolchildren wouldmake their films andshe would make theADA one. She quickly realisedthat she had a very talentedcrew who could do both jobs.Michelle handed the camerasover to the young people and letthem get to work, offeringsupport and guidance whereneeded. The young filmmakersgot to interview local politicians,the Head of Education and ADAcommittee members. They alsohad the unique privilege offilming in the Palace of theHard Disk SolutionHawk-Woods’ new DV-DRholder offers an idealsolution to mounting andpowering the Sony HVR-DR60 Hard DiskRecorder.Being part of the DVLink family, the DV-DRsimply latches to theHawk-Woods DV-F970Lbattery. The remainingend has a male NPF fittingthat will fit into the hard diskrecorder - just like a regularbattery. Power is thentransferable from the singlecamera battery to the hard diskrecorder. All the DV Linkproducts are currentlyParamount Chief. As well asfilming moving images, theyoung people also took 887photos on Michelle’s Digital SLRcamera. She said: “They wereunstoppable with the equipment.They’d never seen anything likeit before and they just went forit. They were wonderful.”The children also interviewedone another. Prince Humekevor,aged 11, said: “I felt very happybeing part of the crew. I likedthe way they treated us.”Now she’s back in Norfolk,Michelle will be meeting with herSheringham crewto plan a screeningof all the films.She also hopes todo somefundraising toprovide the DabalaCrew with acamcorder so theycan continue withtheir filmmaking.Michelle concluded: “This was asmall project and yet I think it’sprobably changed the way inwhich we all see the world.”Readers can find out more aboutMichelle’s work atwww.shellytelly.co.uk.For further information aboutSheringham High School call KathrynFlynn 01263 822363 or visit -www.sheringhamhigh.co.uk.Michelle Savage can be contacted byemail at shell@shellytelly.co.uk.compatible with the Sony Z1,FX1, PD150 and PD170 cameras.For further details contactHawkwoods direct - see Batteries &Power in Trade Directory on page 27.Wally Dolly and Small HeadLondon-based PROKIT has chosenIBC 2007 to launch its Wally Dollysales and Iconix HD camera hirebusiness throughout Europe.First introduced by PROKIT in2001, the Wally Dolly has becomea de-facto standard for portabledolly and track requirements inthe UK broadcasting industry.Justified by its low weight andsmooth performance, it is alsorobust and affordable. It trackswell with any camera packagewhether for Corporate, ENG or forDocumentary shooting. Set uptime is less than two minutes!The 9kg kit contains fourmetres of screw-together alloytrack in one metre lengths.When screwed together thejoints are seamless. There arefour metres of padded underlay,a T-frame dolly, a low boy (Hi-Hat), and end stops. A cord andratchet set holds a tripod safelyLights Effects HubThe first ‘truly realistic’ lightingflicker/effects generator is nowavailable at Cirro Lite - claimingit has never before been possibleto create believable lightingeffects this easily and quickly!The LFXHub is a 3.6K dimmerwith multi programmable effects -but it can also control via DMX oranalogue any number of dimmersto create variations of shadow anddirection. The effects themselvesare very realistic, can belimitlessly modified and do notsuffer from repetition.Effects pre loaded into theLFXHub are: Fire (Candle,Fireplace, Welding); Television(Feature Film, News, Video Clip);Pulse (Neon 1 and2, saw tooth,constructionand symmetricflashes, turnindicator); andoptionallightning-strikecontrol unitcombined with dimmershutters.All of these can havethe top and bottom levelstrimmed on the fly.The LFXHub can also beactivated by sensors so that realtime effects happen with liveaction. For example, the switchingto the dolly. The complete kittravels safely in its own softpadded bag.Iconix manufacture the world’ssmallest High Definition remotecamera head. The multi-formatHD remote camera head usesthree progressive 1/3” 16:9 CCDimagers inside a compact camerahead measuring 3.81cm x3.35cm.x 4.88cm and weighs just64 grams. It captures images inall common HD resolutionsincluding 1080p/25, and uses a1/3” C-mount to accommodate avariety of HD lenses.PROKIT has supported a broadrange of Iconix applicationsincluding film and televisiondrama, live concerts, realitytelevision, wildlife, and sportincluding goal-mouth action.PROKIT is a factory appointedIconix distributor offering thecamera both for sale and hire.For further details contact PROKITdirect - see Equipment Dealers inTrade Directory on page 28.on of a light or blowing out acandle. Connected to the controlinput of the LFXHub a Lightingsensor with optical detection or aPower sensor with electricaldetection can trigger every lightingeffect generated by the LFXHub.The Optical sensor can queue aprecise lighting effectby detecting anextinguished light oreven a blown outcandle flame!The Power sensorwhen pluggedinline with anysource can trigger aprecise effect bysensing the change in voltagecreated by the switching on or offof a ‘practical’ light.LFX Tools are available at Cirro Lite -www.cirrolite.com. Visit themanufacturer’s website at -www.movie-inter.com.6 August 2007 Focus
Industry NewsGood GearLight HMI LightGearBox has announced itsappointment as a fully authorisedSony Specialist Dealer. Thispartnership puts GearBox into asmall elite of UK companiesofficially accredited to supply thecomplete range of SonyBroadcast & Professional A/Vproducts, up to and including theHDCAM SR range of VTRs.GearBox Managing Director,Richard Eastwood, commented:“In our view, Sony Broadcastoffers the finest range ofprofessional A/V products availableto the market. This SpecialistDealer accreditation signifies ourcompany’s strong, long termcommitment to the Sony brand;we are extremely proud to beofficially recognised by thecompany as major league player.”GearBox operates one of thelargest and most comprehensiveranges of Sony Professional VTRsavailable to hire in Europe,including one of the largest fleetsof the flagship SRW-5500 HDCAMSR VTRs. Added to this, GearBoxalso offers extensive stocks ofSony HDCAM, HDV, XDCAM,MPEG IMX, Digital Betacam andDVCAM VTRs, and is currentlyinvesting heavily in the latestgeneration of Sony HD Cameras,Camcorders and ProductionMonitors.Commenting on the latestdealer to sign up to theaccreditation programme, CarlPring, UK Marketing Manager,Sony Broadcast & Professionalsaid: “Recognising GearBox’sstrength in the post-productioncommunity made them anobvious addition to the Sonyspecialist dealer network.Bringing GearBox on board addsfurther value to the strongservice and support we continueto deliver to our customers.”Pictured left to right is RichardEastwood, Carl Pring and LouiseEastwood, co-owner of GearBox.For further details please contact theSales Department on 020 8963 8633or by email - sales@gearbox.com. Orvisit the GearBox website -www.gearbox.com.PAG, the camera power andlighting specialist, has introduceda new 24W PowerArc plug-in HMIunit, designed for use with itsminiaturised 12V Paglight M.The Paglight M is a morecompact version of the industrystandardENG Paglight. It has a35mmreflector andmeasuresapproximately90mm, frontto back, withthe standardhalogenlampholder.Its reducedproportionscomplementthe newgeneration ofsmaller broadcastdigital camcorders, as well asDV and high-definition hand-heldcamcorders.The Paglight M maintains manyof the features first seen in thedesign of the original Paglight. Itis impact resistant, light-inweight,and maintains a lowtemperature during use. Thelatter is aided by an efficient heatdissipation system, part of thepatented design of the lamphead. The design incorporatesthe plug-in lamp holder featurewhich enables the light to beinstantly converted from halogento a metal-halide arc light.The PowerArc utilises a 24Wlamp which has an outputequivalent to 100W ofhalogen light, but atdaylight colourtemperature. Itproduces a soft, cleanand evenspectraldistributionwhich isfullyfocusable-from spotto flood.PAG claimsthat thequality andprojection of the HMI light outputis far superior to LED cameralights, and yet the powerconsumption is relatively low,making the Paglight PowerArcideally suited to professionalapplications.For further details contact PAG direct- see Batteries & Power in TradeDirectory on page 27.
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