Key Studio Technical Specifications
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The Studio
Below are the technical specifications for Key Studio. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Key Studio is a fully pre-set green screen studio facility. Please read through our technical specifications and contact us for any questions that you may have.
TAKING YOUR FOOTAGE - HARD DRIVE SPECIFICATIONS
Throughout your shoot, your footage will be transferred to your hard drive. It is your responsibility to provide this in the correct format. Key Studio can not transfer footage to DVD or any other media due to time constraints. As we shoot in ProRes HQ as a default, 1 hour of footage is approximately 94GB. Please ensure you have enough free space. If you require footage transferred to other media types, please discuss and we will provide you with a quotation.
External Hard drive specifications:
Firewire 800 or e-sata is preferable. USB is only acceptable if no other options are available. Please be aware that if you wish for footage to be transferred to a USB device, you may need to arrange pick up at a later time.
Internal Hard drive specifications:
If you would prefer to bring an internal hard drive to plug into our port, please ensure it is an e-sata compatible 3.5" drive.
For PC users
Please ensure that you format your hard drive to a mac compatible format (NTSF) as MS DOS does not allow for transfers over 4GB. We can not format PC drives here so this is your responsibility. Please ensure permissions are set to read/write.
For MAC users
Key Studio uses Macs. Therefore if your drives are usually connected to a MAC machine you do not need to format. However, please ensure your permissions are set to read/write.
CAMERAS
• Primary camera: Sony Cinealta XD EX1 – Full HD (3) 1/2” CMOS sensors, each with 1920x1080 resolution (the XDCAM HD codec records in full resolution). It can also record in 1440x1080 XDCAM format to SxS express card media. Lens: f1.9-f16, 11x 5.8-81.2mm.
• Secondary camera: Sony Z7 HDV - 1/3 inch-type 3 ClearVid CMOS Sensor system, switchable recording and playback – HDV1080i/DVCAM/DV
• Stills Camera: Canon 50D digital SLR stills camera - 15.1 megapixel CMOS sensor and DiG!C 4 Image Processor.
LIGHTING (studio balanced to 3200K)
• 2 X LightPro 6 x 55w bank tungsten balanced fluoro
• 2 X LightPro 4 x 55w bank tungsten balanced fluoro
• 2 X LED Pannels 600 - fully dimable
• 4 X LED Pannels 96 - fully dimable on overhead rig.
• 2 x Fresnel tungsten lamps
• 2 x high output halogen lamps (not balanced - general light)
If you have a specific colour requirement please bring along the correct gels.
Note: Our generic lighting setup for our studio is 2 x 4 bank fluoros as backlight and 2 x 6 bank fluoros as front lights plus over head LED lights for high lights and additional back lighting. As the Cyc is 'digital green' we find it unecessary to light it directly.
AUDIO
• Sony ECM 673 shotgun condenser mic
• Sennheiser RF lapel mic/receiver
• Direct input to camera
Grips
• Miller tripod for XD1
• Fully interchangeable 3 way swivel head to allow landscape and portrait shooting.
• Manfrotto tripod for Z7
• Boom stand
MONITORING
• 1 x 26 inch LED LCD panel for live monitoring within studio
• 1 x 32 inch plasma panel for live monitoring in breakout/client area
• Audio monitoring in breakout/client area
• Live keying capability for record or review
INPUT/INGEST OPTIONS
• Input via HDMI or HD SDI for XD Cam
• Firewire or HDMI input available for Z7
• Direct capture to mini DV tape ($8 charge per tape)
STUDIO SPECS STUDIO
• 4m by 6.5m
• Digital Green Cyclorama - 3m wide
• including, floor and ceiling
• Professionally sound dampened
• Air Conditioned
OTHER
• Client breakout/review area
• Makeup area with professional lighting and mirror
• Kitchenette
• Bathroom facilities
• Wireless Internet
• Seating
• Entertainment facility (DVD, iPod connectivity)
• Café directly upstairs
• Black, white or two tone Cyclorama also available for your shoots
OUTPUT
• Output can be in a vast array of codecs. The most common, and our preferred, codecs are: o ProRes HQ 4:2:2 1.6GB/min o ProRes LT 4:2:2 734MB/min o XDCAM HD 330.1MB/min
• We capture at 1080p25 as a default, please advise if you require otherwise.
• Most other capture preferences are available upon request.
• An external hard drive (with firewire 800) is required for footage transfer. Please supply on the day of your shoot – unfortunately we cannot burn to DVD as the files are too large. If you would like to know the approximate amount of data each codec will create, please call and we can help. Alternatively, you can consult the footage calculator on our webpage.
YOUR REQUIREMENTS
If there is something that you need to ensure a successful shoot, and it’s not listed here, let us know. We’ll do our best to ensure that you have access to the best possible equipment.
Video: A beginers guide to shooting green screen at Key Studio
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