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Water performance! There was only one chance to capture Hatton Locks changing from a carpet of green to a working waterway, and Samsung’s Portable SSD T9 made sure the footage was safe
ometimes there is no possibility of a second take. When boats
“Shots from a drone were essential,” explains John Owen, who was charged with producing the video. “The locks were used as a location for several episodes of the hit TV show Peaky Blinders , thanks to the original historic Victorian buildings, so we had to make sure they were captured too.” Alongside aerial views of boats churning through the algae-covered water, the production required dramatically lit talking-head interviews with two key members of the charity, plus location footage of engineers and their vehicles maintaining other parts of the lock system. “With just one day to capture everything, there was no room for errors and the water was only going to get stirred up once,” says Owen. “With all the lights, four cameras and one of the camera operators also being the drone pilot, the pressure was on.” That made safeguarding the footage throughout the day every bit as important as
were finally allowed back through the historic Hatton Flight after months of inactivity, a small production team had one chance to document an extraordinary transformation - and keep every frame safe – so they turned to the Samsung Portable SSD T9. The scorching UK summer of 2026 brought severe drought, hosepipe bans and restrictions on canal traffic, including sections of the historic Grand Union Canal between Birmingham and London. At Hatton in Warwickshire, the lack of movement allowed duckweed and algae to spread until the water surrounding its famous flight of 21 locks resembled a vivid green carpet. When the locks were scheduled to reopen, the Canal & River Trust wanted to document the occasion and explain the work it carries out across our waterways.
shooting it. A mix of mirrorless cameras was used alongside a 4K DJI drone, generating large quantities of high-resolution footage across different memory card formats. Rather than waiting until the end of the shoot to discover whether everything was safely captured, files were regularly transferred via laptop to a Samsung
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