Windmill Lane
Poker Ashes
HD television production
The recently-aired ‘Poker Ashes
2009’ on Sky involved more than
just clever cards; with the GY-HM700
camera used for aerial photography
and interviews at the live event, and
the KM-H3000 production switcher
used for mixing the live action,
it was a true JVC production.
HD projection and monitoring for Irish facility
Based in Dublin, Ireland, Windmill Windmill Lane is currently in the middle
Lane is a creative post production
of moving to a purpose-built refurbished
company that specialises in
facility in Dublin 2, and JVC equipment
producing television shows,
plays a major part in the new building.
commercials and films. It has
“We spent plenty of time bench-testing
recently purchased seven equipment ready for the refurbishment,”
DT-V24L1D 24" LCD monitors
John Brady, Technical Director at Ian Langstaff, from Winmedia Ireland,
and five DT-V17L2D 17" LCD
Windmill Lane explains, “as this was an explains the workflow behind this event.
monitors from JVC, plus two
ideal time to look at our technical setup.
“I film lots of aerial shots for programmes,
JVC DLA-RS20 projectors, to
We are starting to standardise
which generally helps to set the scene in
our monitors and projectors to JVC,
standardise their editing and
the opening minutes. The new GY-HM700
as they offered a great improvement
grading suites as part of a
camcorder was ideal for this; it’s not too
on predecessors and our clients are
big, yet is big enough to be stable when
multi-million Euro refurbishment
very happy with the results.”
I’m hanging out of a helicopter! It provides
programme.
Windmill Lane’s new DT-V24L3D and
the professional footage I require, in a
DT-V17L3D monitors chosen, supplied
format that’s quick to edit, and is small
by Eurotek, are professional native
enough for me to carry as hand-luggage
HD production monitors, compatible
when travelling, which I do fairly often.”
with multiple HD and SD formats.
Ian’s GY-HM700, supplied by TNP
The company has also updated its
Broadcast, was also taken along to the
two grading rooms with two DLA-RS20
projectors, which offer a 50,000:1
live poker filming, and was used to shoot
native contrast ratio and almost silent
atmospheric shots and interviews with the
performance.
poker players themselves. Steve Cotterill,
Managing Director of broadcast services
“The new projectors are great in our
specialist provider, Editec, adds; “The event
Baselight rooms,” John continues,
was shot as live so as to minimise post-
“since they provide the best
production, using the KM-H3000 production
representation for our clients when
switcher for mixing to tape in large sections
viewing their work; everything looks
of live play. We recorded the whole event
perfect when it comes up on the screen.”
in HD, and mixed as much as we could live
The new DT-V monitors have been
so that we could have whole packages of
placed in refurbished editing and graphics
footage for simple post-production later.
suites. “We liked the monitors’ built-in
There was also an editor onsite, who made
waveform feature, and they are sleek
packages using Final Cut Pro from rushes
and very simple to operate via front panel
taken by the GY-HM700 and transferred to
controls. Having tested a great deal of
their Mac via SDHC. This saved valuable
screens for best price and performance, time as there was no need to transcode
I am very happy with our choice.” n the media once it was recorded.” n
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