Fast Turnaround

The Closing Montage for Sky Sports coverage of the World Darts Championships for 2015/16

Created on behalf of the England Commonwealth Games Team 2014, We Are England uses a variety of famous sportsmen and women to motivate and inspire the athletes competing in Glasgow. Produced by Film Nova on behalf of Team England.

Cut during the match for Sky Sport’s coverage of the 2013 UEFA Champion’s League final 2013.

Sky Sports commenced a new 3 year contract in 2013 for the US Open tennis, an event they have shown for over 15 years. 4 years ago, it was decided for the first time to have a presence on site, and for the last 3 years, this has also included a studio, production scanner and edit trailer, as well as a pair of ENG cameramen getting Sky their own view of the action. Since the first on-site event, Edit Out have supplied the edit requirements, but this year we were able to provided a much ‘smarter’ and still cost effective solution with a pair of edits, shared storage, and a comprehensive media management solution. One of the biggest challenges was the amount of ENG footage shot – and the choice this year to shoot the vast majority on high-speed capable FS700 footage. In addition, we needed to integrate the existing EVS systems on site, for sending material (and match streams) to shared edit storage, and to allow tapeless transfer of completed edits back to the EVS XT3′s for playback. Utilising FCP7 (probably for the last time) for editing, we also made use of our brand new 24Tb Small-Tree Titanium-Z video server, as well as Adobe Prelude for importing, transferring and compiling FS700 footage (and converting it to the on-site DVCProHD codec Sky needed). In addition, we tested for the first time the use of CatDV as an asset management tool. This allowed the production team to create ‘edit comps’ of best shots before editing, as well as allowing our media manager to to compile items like ‘best serves’ and ‘great celebrations’ for future use, or even direct playout. In addition, we were able to [...]

As part of the More 4 / Channel 4 coverage of the Crufts Dog Show 2013, this sequence was created as an opening to the inaugural coverage of the prestigious Best in Show judging on the final day for Sunset + Vine productions on site. The brief was minimal – the theme based on the impressive trophy given to the winner.

As part of live coverage of the Ryder Cup on Sky Sports in Chicago, elements shot of a dancer from the musical “Chicago” were combined with coverage of the last day’s play. Used mid-show, this piece was assembled in the VT truck, feeding material to the edit tapelessly from an EVS XT and Xfile with very quick turnaround to air. Ben Holmes has been part of the Sky coverage of 7 Ryder Cups, starting in Brookline in 1998.

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Tasked with ‘sexing up’ Ping Pong as part of the inaugural World Ping Pong Championships at Alexandra Palace in Jan 2013, Edit Out created this opening – shot on 5D, FS700, the X10 Himotion system, and edited in After Effects and Final Cut Pro on site.

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