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WE WANTED A PERMANENT SET-UP, WHERE STUDENTS COULD SPEND MORE TIME COMING UPWITHARTISTIC IDEASANDREALLYPOLISHTHEPROJECT
spending valuable time on setting up the studio,” he says. Smith was similarly keen to improve the quality of the kit, since it’s common knowledge that well-liked online video has evolved far from its free-wheeling origins into more carefully crafted, high-end fare. The two-storey studio contains the latest in high-tech Blackmagic gear, including 4K-compatible Ursa studio cameras with fibre-optic cabling, and slip-on/slip-off autocue capabilities. These are connected to a fully integrated computer system located in the upstairs gallery. The LED lighting grid has DMX- controlled soft lighting, coupled with traditional Arri Pups and a spotlight for pinpointing talent. Upstairs in the gallery there are five stations along the front desk, which include a lighting operator, vision
mixer, director, camera technician and sound technician. This all works through Blackmagic systems, meaning it‘s fully integrated with the studio space. Smith explains: “The students are really young here, so they don’t have prior knowledge of filming other than what they’ve done on their phones at home. It was therefore important for us to have a complete workflow that gave our students an opportunity to understand all the different disciplines required to make a professional production work. “With Blackmagic, there’s a commonality across all of the equipment. For example, once you have understood how the switcher window works, you’ll have noticed that there are other bits you can expand across, to see where the audio goes and where colour correction happens, for
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