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ProHD on course
ProHD cameras take to the greens
Nudgee Golf Club’s 5988 metre Brisbane companies Carbon Media and M3 especially on the greens, with Camera One
par 71 North Golf Course, in
Media partnered to produce a ‘virtual OB’ of on each team also handling the ENG and
Australia, was recently the host for
the tournament and, as Carbon Media’s Nik commentator PTCs.”
this year’s National Indigenous Golf
Lachajczak explained, the limited budget
The footage was being acquired
Championship. The Championship
provided by NITV, the commissioning
continuously on Firestore drives and also
was played over 72 holes stroke
broadcaster, forced a rethink of the normal
play and saw the Men’s and
golf course coverage. “Ordinarily the
running to tape as a back up. Audio was
cabling alone at a golf event is a massive
synchronised on one channel wirelessly
Ladies’ Champion achieve entry
logistical and technical feat and certainly
with the commentary track, while the other
into the 2009 Australian Amateur
not cheap,” said Lachajczak. “Our method
channel contained natural sound from the
Championships to be played
involved using teams of three to four
shotgun microphone. One camera stayed
at Royal Queensland Golf Club
camera operators following the players
close to the play and commentary golf
and The Brisbane Golf Club. A
on the course and accompanied by a
cart. At times, interviews would be done
quality field of Indigenous golfers
mobile commentator and sound guy to camera to enhance the coverage. Two
from Queensland and interstate
providing the coverage in the field. The other cameras would be positioned ahead
competed in the Championship that
camera operators ‘leapfrogged’ over each to capture the ball follow. At the end of the
was shot with JVC ProHD cameras. other to provide maximum coverage, day, the vision was ingested in a production
Project Fame
The GY-HD251 wins at the Nigerian talent show
The flexibility of the JVC GY-HD251 Production company, Ultima The musicians lived in a school-like
camcorder was the key reason
Communications, were so pleased with environment, complete with a faculty
for using it on the recently-aired
how the GY-HD251 cameras worked out and dormitories. Here, they received
Nigerian television programmes,
on the Nigerian version of Who Wants to training and worked on their performances,
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
be a Millionaire that they chose to use them before competing on the live show to
and Project Fame.
again for the reality show, Project Fame. avoid eviction and become the eventual
This programme followed the progress of a winner, with a chance of worldwide fame.
group of young, aspiring musicians, as they The winner was decided based on public
competed in live shows and performed their votes from the four participating countries,
way towards stardom and success. Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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