Hey Everyone,
Been busy for awhile, think last time I was here, I said bringing in Jay Middleton and family was a good thing. I guess that was right. Just wanted to up-date you on what i think of the production, "just based on the pictures posted on the RRGI website.
They are using very high end HD Video Cameras, they are Panasonic's and they shoot in 1080i HD the camera's go for about $7K but they do not shoot to tape, they shoot to P1 Digital Cards, kind of like the cards that go in digital cameras, but these cost about $1200 a piece, each camera has two of them, "they are NOT included in the price of the camera" they only hold 20 minutes (so they qwould have to have at least 8 cards per camera to capture footage each day) of PURE HD 1080i Video. This is the 'purest form" of video to get out of a camera, these cards are then 'loaded' into a computer for editing. They have two on the set. They also have two audio technicians on the set, it looks like each audio tech is using a DAT "digital audio recorder/mixer' with boom mics and wireless. This gives the purest digital sound, and separates sound capture from video capture, "just like how they do it in the movies". The also appear to have two lighting techs, with a full blown light kit, Reflectors, Screens, looks to be 5K Halogen. So it appears they have two full blown crews, Filming in the Best HD available. So, based on the photos, it looks like a very high end, professional shoot, where no 'production corners' have been cut. Again all of this is based on the pictures I saw on the website.
