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University TV wins NaSTA’s Best Broadcaster award
BrookesTV is a new University Modelled on ITV and ITN’s workflow, profile of BrookesTV inside the University
TV programme and, in only its
BrookesTV has had an incredibly exciting but also throughout Oxfordshire.”
first year, has won the National
year. To top it off, they have been invited
Recently BrookesTV filmed a live student
Student Television Association’s
to compete in the Open Student Television
‘X Factor’-type talent competition using four
highest accolade; the title of Best
Network’s awards being held in the USA.
cameras; the programme was live vision
Broadcaster. BrookesTV was set
BrookesTV are to send fifteen current and
mixed, projected onto screens around the
former students to Cleveland and New York
up by the School of Technology venue and also on-air. “The JVC camera
in October to compete against the best
at Oxford Brookes University,
came into its own for us, the long lens let us
University Television stations the US
with its own studio, gallery and
get fantastic shots from behind the crowds,
has to offer.
newsrooms, and is based around
but then, from the same position, get the
key close ups. With the staging similar to
JVC’s GY-HD110E camcorder.
BrookesTV have been using the JVC
GY-HD110E to produce a great deal of
‘X Factor’ too, we needed a method of
their winning content. Nik Pinks, founding
filming the judges; by using the GY-HD110
from behind the performers, just off stage,
member of BrookesTV and Producer said,
we were able to get great crowd shots and
“The GY-HD110E has been perfect for us
also capture the judges perfectly.”
to use. The lens is fantastic, and although
we are only shooting in SD, the quality
All the footage is shot and then captured
of imagery is far superior to what we had
into BrookesTV’s Avid Unity system, which
been using before. The GY-HD110E helps
is then edited on Avid Media Composer.
to give us a professional look - not only in The programmes are recorded live,
terms of the camera’s quality, but also its with a full studio and gallery operation
physical size, since it’s large enough to not taking place once a week, and is broadcast
look like a budget handheld camera yet not on local TV Channel, SixTV, and also
too big to use. This has helped raise the online at http://btv.brookes.ac.uk.
Camera craft HD studio open days and camera skills courses
JVC visited a number of universities University of Birmingham, University of
around the UK this summer as
Surrey and Southampton Solent University,
part of its Studio Open Days Tour,
all of which use the GY-HD251 cameras.
showing its GY-HD251 cameras
A two-day camera skills course was held
in full studio configuration.
in Birmingham, teaching students the key
The education sector has always been of
skills needed to be a successful camera
great importance to JVC Professional, and
operator. Topics covered included camera
the studio tour was a great way to show
familiarisation, lighting and sound,
other local establishments some of the
shot setup, and it also involved
studio cameras and setups already in use. practical sessions around the
Universities visited included University of local community to film
Falmouth, Glasgow Metropolitan College, news stories.
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