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Welcome to the Raya Films blog with regularly updated news and views from the team. If you’re interested in the world of film and high definition video production, this blog is for you. Please get involved and add your comments!
Broadcast gear for sale
As part of our move to London and re-structure, we are selling some of our video production gear. Below is the list all in top quality condition, get in contact soon as gear shifts rapidly!
FOR SALE
Sennheiser EW-112PG2 Radio Mic system with camera mountable receiver and bodypack transmitter.
£162 + VAT
Vinten Pro-5DC Tripod Head, Panbar, Tripod and Spreader and carrying bag.
£162 + VAT
Sennheiser Mic system including: ME66 Short Shotgun Microphone, K6 Power Module, Rycote Softie, Pistol Grip, Beyer Dynamic microphone holder plus 5M and 6M XLR cables.
£274 + VAT
Reflector kit including: 32″/82cm Circular 5 in 1 Kenro Reflector
Production Gear Reflector Holder 22-58″
Calumet Air Cushioned Lighting Stand
£50 + VAT
Manfrotto MN701RC2/745MF3K Carbon Tripod and carrying bag.
£154 + VAT
Boom pole: VDB 606 Carbon Fibre Microphone Boom Pole
£100 + VAT
Sony Battery Video Light HVL-20DW2
£40 + VAT
Swit TFT Colour Monitor
Model: S-1080 BF
Picture size: 8 inch
Resolution: 800 x RGB x 480
£394 + VAT
Manfrotto Fig Rig Video Stabilization System 595B
£97 + VAT
Bebob ZOE-DVXL
Bebob Zoe DVXL universal (switchable) remote zoom / focus controller for all Canon & Sony LANC equipped camcorders plus Panasonic DVX / HVX
£89 + VAT
Vocas MB-250 Matte Box kit with rail support, French Flag and two Formatt filters (Low Contrast 1 and ND0.9 Grade SE)
£500 + VAT
buy individually or complete package price: £1995 + VAT
Web video project nears completion
One of the largest web video projects for the mobile communications industry is nearing completion. Raya Films recorded a series of presentations, workshops and round table discussion videos in Russell Square, London which are undergoing final post production in nearby studios.
“With 345 minutes total duration and output in multiple formats (Flash and Windows Media), this is a significant and high-profile project for the mobile communications sector. The scale of the project presented some technical challenges and we are more than happy with the results that were captured on Sony cameras and post produced on Apple Final Cut Pro editing suite - a first for us having previously used Avid”, says director, James Smith.
Corporate video production diary: day 17
Is this Day 17? The days and nights seem to merge into one as we work to fine tune the edits. We’re now wrapping up the project by encoding for various web video and higher quality formats. So that’s it for this video production diary this time! I would have liked to add more detail but time just did not allow - a trait of the business!
More blogs soon on creative film and video…
James Smith, Director
Corporate video production diary: day 16
Finalising review changes from the client and fine tuning audio and colour correction is the task for today before we output in various web video and high quality formats for delivery. Some of the computing power required to convert from HD to other formats is very high, so hopefully we can ‘batch’ some of the work overnight.
More soon…
Corporate video production diary: day 15
Over two weeks in and we’re nearing the final stages of post production – very swift progress. The volume of material to be delivered is high on this project and with all footage in HD and multi-cameras, it certainly has stretched the FCP editing system we’re working on.
The client team is currently reviewing the results from around the world via web video, so a truly international project!
More soon…
Corporate video production diary: day 14
Too busy to say much here other than web video production has its challenges along with all other formats – getting that final high quality output entails a fair degree of research and tweaking… and that’s what we’re involved with now!
More soon…
Corporate video production diary: day 13
Things have been hectic on the post production front and we are undertaking tests on web video in relation to data rates, frame sizes, etc. This is all part of the process to achieve the best quality bearing in mind varying broadband connection rates across the world and different video players in what is essentially a developing technology.
The high-definition source looks great on the monitors we are using for editing, so our challenge is to transfer that to the web whilst losing as little detail as possible. There are many schools of thought as to the best encoders and data rates but it all depends on the target audience and the equipment they will be accessing it on.
More soon…
Corporate video production: day 12
Graphical refinements and final editing of the rough cuts of the video clips is well underway and we’re now turning our attention to the technical aspect of delivering the material on the internet from a High Definition source. Could write so much more but no time!
More soon…
Corporate video production diary: day 11
We’re well into the post production phase now trying graphical elements, constructing rough cuts and trying ideas before the refinement process and delivery. We’re also sorting some technical issues regarding the conversion process to deliver on high quality web video.
It’s busy! More soon…
Corporate video production diary: day 10
Headed to the editing studio in London today to look at the rushes from the corporate shoot that took place on Thursday and Friday last week. This was the first time I’ve seen the footage on a big screen and it looks excellent – good lighting – not too harsh and with good colour balance. The audio was also good even though we had to contend with some ambient noise from air conditioning systems and computer servers on the shoot.
The two camera set-up worked pretty well and provides good options for the editor. Our editor (who goes by the name of Fab) is using Final Cut Pro on some pretty powerful Apple Mac hardware which easily handles the high definition XDCAM footage.
So post production is going well so far as Fab puts some rough cuts together. More soon…
