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Electronic Acquisition for Broadcasters Gilbert Besnard Sept04 gbesnard@miranda.com Introduction Focus on DVC-100 for News Gathering application Broadcast product Huge potential PPT presentation Application oriented Based on workflow diagram
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Electronic Acquisition for Broadcasters Gilbert Besnard Sept04 gbesnard@miranda.com
Introduction • Focus on DVC-100 for News Gathering application • Broadcast product • Huge potential • PPT presentation • Application oriented • Based on workflow diagram • My goal is to give you the tools to qualify a potential DVC customer
Old Fashion News Production Workflow News Gathering Linear Editing Playout • News Acquisition: On tape w/ Camcorder • Editing: Linear tape to tape editing • Playout: Tape playback
Current News Production Workflow Tape Transfer On Air Storage News Gathering Digitize Non-Linear Editing Playout • News Acquisition: On tape w/ Camcorder • Digitize: Transfer tape to Video Server • Editing: Non-linear digital editing • Playout: Video Server playback
Case Study #1: In-Field News Production • Goal: to get a complete portable solution from News Acquisition to Editing to Transmission.
In-Field News Production EDIT File Transfer Tape / DV Transfer DV Transfer over IEEE-1394 News Gathering Transmit • News Acquisition: On tape w/ SD Camcorder • Digitize: Tape playback via DVC-100 for DV transfer over IEEE-1394 • Editing: Non-linear digital editing • Transmit: File transfer directly from the laptop Non-Linear Editing
In-Field News Production File Transfer Tape / DV Transfer DV Transfer over IEEE-1394 News Gathering Transmit • SKY News in UK has adopted this model for field news acquisition all over the world Non-Linear Editing
Case Study #2: Local News Production • Goal: to get the news ready to broadcast ASAP by shortening the production process wherever possible
Gear Overview DV Drive - Sony DSR-DU1- FireStore FS-3 DVC-100 Sony SX Camcorder
Gear Overview Digital Signal via 40-pin DV Drive slaved on the Camera
Gear Overview Camera & DV Drive Record Camera & DV Drive RECORD
Gear Overview Camera & DV Drive Record Camera & DV Drive STOP
Current News Production Workflow Tape Transfer On Air Storage Digitize Non-Linear Editing Playout News Gathering • Tape to Disk transfer is the bottle neck • Broadcasters seek more efficient production workflows
Improved News Production Workflow On Air Storage DV File Transfer Non-Linear Editing Playout • News Acquisition: On DV-Drive via DVC-100 • File Transfer : Drag & drop, ready to edit News Gathering
Why the DVC-100? • To speed up the whole production process • There are thousands of SD cameras in use in the field. • DV Editing with Avid NewsCutter is an industry standard for news editing.
What’s The Alternative • SONY XDCAMBlue Laser Camcorder with IEEE-1394 Out • $ 30,000 per Camera Keep Your Camera Buy New Camera • DVC-100 + FS-3 DV Drive • DVC-100 = $ 5,995 • FS-3 = $ 2,000 Now $4,995 Total $6,995
How to Qualify a DVC-100 Customer? By asking simple questions as follow…
What type of camcorder are you using for News Gathering ? • Sony Digital Camcorder (DVC-100) • Digital Betacam “DVW” series • Betacam SX “DNW” series • IMX “MSW” series • Any Camcorder with SDI out (DVC-120) • Panasonic AJ-SDX-900 • Ikegami HL-V79W etc. • Even Analog Betacam SP using picoLinks for A/D • How many camcorders do you have? • What is your News Editing environment? • Any DV editing system eg. AVID NewsCutter
Conventional News Production Workflow Tape Transfer Storage Storage News Gathering Digitize Non-Linear Editing Non-Linear Editing Improved News Production Workflow News Gathering DV File Transfer