[Avid-L2] Re: Reality TV Formats

Transfer is done as part of the post process, NOT on site. Chips are shipped to post, transfered, then shipped back to production for further shooting.

mark

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, rusescu laurentiu <rusesculaurentiu@...> wrote:
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> Hi.
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> I found verry useful what you describe. One question ( maybe more...) The transfer from the SXS card to the PDW-U1 is done on site ? How? Do you have the time ?
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> ________________________________
> From: Mark <markraudonis@...>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, February 9, 2010 4:18:53 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Reality TV Formats
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> We use the Sony XDCAM-HD disc based format as our prime acquisition format. Lately there seems to be a fair amount of EX-3 footage finding our way into our workflow. As
> others have mentioned, the XDCAM format is appealing to us for a variety of reasons:
> cost, convenience and quality.
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> The most important of these reasons is convenience. Seriously. If you're talking about thousands and thousands of hours of media, then any small advantage becomes a big deal. With XDCAM, the disc IS your archive source. For EX footage, we immediately tranfer to XDCAM DATA discs and that becomes our archiveable media.
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> But the biggest factor for us is the ability to digitize FASTER than realtime. Since it's file based, you can bring it onto your SAN faster than realtime. If you use multiple PDW-U1's, you can bring in multiple streams simultaneously, and THAT is a big deal.
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> We've set up what I call the "Digital Sponge" or the "Digital Quicker Picker Upper". It's a combo of ten mac Mini's, a Mac Pro and twenty PDW-U1's. We can ingest twenty streams of XDCAM video at once. Translation: what used to take days now can be completed in one 24 hr cycle. For us, this is the ONLY way that we can keep up with the massive amounts of media coming in from production. This set up would not be practical with any other format. (Well, maybe P2, but then you'd still have the archive issue).
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> Mark
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups .com, RT <huipro@> wrote:
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> > I would favor the EX3 but some might find the Panasonic Monopiece
> > designs easier to squeeze in (and out) of tight spots.
> >
> > Love the EX3 quality, but there are other considerations here.
> >
> > A friend of mine, who has been shooting active volcano footage for
> > decades, swears that you should only carry a camera that you are willing
> > to ditch without hesitation!
> >
> > RT
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> > Rupert Watson wrote:
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> > > If you are sitting in the back of a police car, people I know who do
> > > that for a living all seem to favour the Sony EX3.
> > >
> > > The small form factor means you can lean forward and shoot between the
> > > front seats, whereas the larger, shoulder mounted, cameras make this a
> > > lot harder and the footage has a more remote-from- the-action feel.
> > >
> > > Rupert Watson
> > >
> > > +447787554801
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> > > www.root6.com
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> > > Of Multimediac
> > > Sent: 09 February 2010 00:16
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups .com <mailto:Avid- L2%40yahoogroups .com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Reality TV Formats
> > >
> > > I worked on 5 reality shows last year... all were shot on either
> > > Panasonic P2 or Sony EX
> > >
> > > Yeah... I'd say stay away from HDV.
> > >
> > > george
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