Tamworth Festival
Live country music OB uses ProHD
The who’s who of country music M3 Media’s Marty Hankins, who was also Commenting on the efficiencies of this
and many up-and-coming stars
OB Technician for the festival, explained year’s festival, Hankins said, “This is
recently descended upon Tamworth,
the extent and complexities of the show, the second year that Carbon Media has
in central NSW, Australia, for its
“During the 10 days that M3 Media
produced a Tamworth “IN TUNE” special.
captured the festival for Carbon Media,
annual Country Music Festival.
Last year the vision was shot on Sony
we covered multiple events which included
M3 MEDIA, the Brisbane based
FX1s to tape and later cut together in
six live concerts, unplugged ‘on-set’
post. This became an issue due to the
production company specialising
interviews, artist interviews, as well as
fact that there was such an enormous
in live broadcasts, music festivals
B-roll and colour packages of the festival.
amount of content to get through before
and corporate events, was Foxtel
In order to do this we used a variety of JVC
the programmes could be delivered. The
channel NITV’s OB Provider for ProHD equipment. Concert footage was
post production process resulted in months
the festival and, together with
shot as a 5 ProHD camera live switch and
of work and thus a more efficient solution
production company Carbon Media,
a 48-track multi-track audio record. The
was sought for this year’s festival.
was tasked with making a multiple
JVC cameras were also fitted with JVC
DR-HD100E hard drive recorders for ISO
venue broadcast run as smoothly
“In 2009 the workflow was streamlined to a
recording. We also ran tape in the camera
live switch being recorded directly into Final
as possible.
in parallel with these hard drive units,
Cut Pro via a MOTU V4HD interface and
however none of the back up tape records
ISO’s were being recorded onto five JVC
were ever needed. The live switch was also
DR-HD100Es. Again, tape was rolling in the
recorded straight to hard drive making this
camera as a back up, but was never needed
OB a completely tapeless workflow.”
as the DR-HD100Es performed flawlessly
throughout the week. This workflow was
Prior to the start of the festival production
company Carbon Media had expressed
essentially to create a live switch that would
to M3 the need for a quick turnaround of
be used as the base vision track and the
the footage in order to meet their delivery
ISOs were to be used to patch up any areas
deadlines. Hankins added, “This is where
that needed to be improved.”
the JVC DR-HD100E hard drive recorders
“By the end of the first show,
became an essential part of our workflow.
everyone appreciated the form factor
We were literally able to shoot the event,
and light weight of the ProHD cameras.”
press stop on the cameras and within 20
minutes, via Firewire hub, deliver to the
With the fully tapeless workflow satisfying
client a hard drive containing footage from
the time-sensitive needs of Carbon Media’s
all five cameras and the live switch ready to
quick turn around requirements, within 30
be edited. The more I use these hard drive
units, the more confidence I have in leaving
minutes of the final curtain, the content was
my tapes behind.”
transferred from the JVC DR-HD100E hard
drives, via a Firewire hub, to a backup drive
During each day of the festival, a team ready for the editors.
of two cameramen were used to shoot
interviews and colour packages of various
Hankins continued, “The live switch was
artists. A single cameraman and on-air
used as 90 percent of the final content.
talent would also shoot content that would
This is a direct result of choosing the right
be posted to a website as a ‘Vodcast’ of
crew - a great bunch of guys who got some
the highlights of the day. The final on-air
incredible results. All the crew came from
product broadcast on Foxtel channel NITV
a freelance broadcast background. By the
is 10 -12 hours of content, broken down into
end of the first show everyone appreciated
hour-long specials and half hour shows, run the form factor and the light weight of the
under the banner of 'IN TUNE'. ProHD cameras and, upon reviewing the
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