1) Channel 4's new show Eden films 23 strangers trying to build a society in the Scottish Highlands over the course of a year. 2) To capture footage across the vast 600-acre site, production company NEP UK built a durable yet unobtrusive fixed rig system with remotely controlled cameras, microphones, and other equipment located in various areas. 3) The remote location and year-long filming presented many challenges including installing power and laying over 22km of fiber optic cable to transmit footage back to the production facilities.
O documento é um livro sobre a vida após a morte dividido em cinco partes e 56 capítulos. A introdução discute a mortalidade das civilizações humanas e cidades ao longo da história e levanta questões sobre a vida após a morte. O livro oferece uma nova perspectiva sobre a vida após a morte baseada em evidências de fenômenos psíquicos e estudos científicos.
Este documento discute as controvérsias em torno da figura histórica de Joana d'Arc. Alguns a exaltam como heroína nacional enquanto outros procuram diminuir seu papel, alegando que foi guiada por sua própria consciência e não por vozes. O autor argumenta que nem os devaneios místicos dos crentes nem as visões positivistas compreendem totalmente seu papel, sendo necessário estudar fenômenos psíquicos para entendê-la.
La empresa se dedica a la comercialización de persianas, cortinas, pisos, alfombras y más, contando con más de 12 años de experiencia. Su misión es ser la primera opción en la creación de ambientes decorativos, mientras que su visión es ser una empresa multimarcas que brinda una variedad de opciones decorativas para uso residencial y comercial satisfaciendo las expectativas de los clientes.
This document provides an overview and guidelines for the final project in ACC 690, which involves creating an Excel spreadsheet model to consolidate the financial statements of a parent company and subsidiary. The project has three milestones, where students will submit portions of the model in Modules 5, 8, and 10. The model must show consolidation entries, final income statement and balance sheet in local currency, and then translate the statements to US dollars using provided exchange rates. Requirements include preparing a visually pleasing report for the supervisor and using Excel features like macros.
Seu futuro está na Nuvem! Oportunidades com Computação em NuvemJose Papo, MSc
O documento discute as vantagens da computação em nuvem para hospedagem de aplicações e armazenamento de dados. Ele destaca como a nuvem permite escalabilidade elástica e pagamento apenas pelos recursos utilizados, reduzindo custos em comparação à infraestrutura tradicional. Exemplos de uso bem-sucedido da AWS por empresas como Netflix e Peixe Urbano são apresentados para ilustrar como a nuvem facilita inovação a baixo custo.
This document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Brigitte Anne Rigat. She has over 15 years of experience as a Senior Research Associate and Research Associate at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, where she led research projects investigating pharmacological chaperones and enzyme enhancement therapy for lysosomal storage disorders. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and presented at numerous conferences. Her areas of expertise include lysosomal storage disorders, pharmacological chaperones, and translational medicine.
El Reglamento Sanitario Internacional (RSI) es un instrumento jurídico internacional de carácter vinculante para 194 países, entre ellos todos los Estados Miembros de la OMS. Tiene por objeto ayudar a la comunidad internacional a prevenir y afrontar riesgos agudos de salud pública susceptibles de atravesar fronteras y amenazar a poblaciones de todo el mundo.
El RSI, que entró en vigor el 15 de junio de 2007, obliga a los países a reforzar sus medios actuales de vigilancia y respuesta sanitarias para poder detectar, notificar y controlar los eventos de salud pública;
el hecho de que todo evento de salud pública sea notificado a tiempo y de forma abierta hará del mundo un lugar más seguro.
O documento é um livro sobre a vida após a morte dividido em cinco partes e 56 capítulos. A introdução discute a mortalidade das civilizações humanas e cidades ao longo da história e levanta questões sobre a vida após a morte. O livro oferece uma nova perspectiva sobre a vida após a morte baseada em evidências de fenômenos psíquicos e estudos científicos.
Este documento discute as controvérsias em torno da figura histórica de Joana d'Arc. Alguns a exaltam como heroína nacional enquanto outros procuram diminuir seu papel, alegando que foi guiada por sua própria consciência e não por vozes. O autor argumenta que nem os devaneios místicos dos crentes nem as visões positivistas compreendem totalmente seu papel, sendo necessário estudar fenômenos psíquicos para entendê-la.
La empresa se dedica a la comercialización de persianas, cortinas, pisos, alfombras y más, contando con más de 12 años de experiencia. Su misión es ser la primera opción en la creación de ambientes decorativos, mientras que su visión es ser una empresa multimarcas que brinda una variedad de opciones decorativas para uso residencial y comercial satisfaciendo las expectativas de los clientes.
This document provides an overview and guidelines for the final project in ACC 690, which involves creating an Excel spreadsheet model to consolidate the financial statements of a parent company and subsidiary. The project has three milestones, where students will submit portions of the model in Modules 5, 8, and 10. The model must show consolidation entries, final income statement and balance sheet in local currency, and then translate the statements to US dollars using provided exchange rates. Requirements include preparing a visually pleasing report for the supervisor and using Excel features like macros.
Seu futuro está na Nuvem! Oportunidades com Computação em NuvemJose Papo, MSc
O documento discute as vantagens da computação em nuvem para hospedagem de aplicações e armazenamento de dados. Ele destaca como a nuvem permite escalabilidade elástica e pagamento apenas pelos recursos utilizados, reduzindo custos em comparação à infraestrutura tradicional. Exemplos de uso bem-sucedido da AWS por empresas como Netflix e Peixe Urbano são apresentados para ilustrar como a nuvem facilita inovação a baixo custo.
This document provides a summary of the professional experience and qualifications of Brigitte Anne Rigat. She has over 15 years of experience as a Senior Research Associate and Research Associate at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, where she led research projects investigating pharmacological chaperones and enzyme enhancement therapy for lysosomal storage disorders. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and presented at numerous conferences. Her areas of expertise include lysosomal storage disorders, pharmacological chaperones, and translational medicine.
El Reglamento Sanitario Internacional (RSI) es un instrumento jurídico internacional de carácter vinculante para 194 países, entre ellos todos los Estados Miembros de la OMS. Tiene por objeto ayudar a la comunidad internacional a prevenir y afrontar riesgos agudos de salud pública susceptibles de atravesar fronteras y amenazar a poblaciones de todo el mundo.
El RSI, que entró en vigor el 15 de junio de 2007, obliga a los países a reforzar sus medios actuales de vigilancia y respuesta sanitarias para poder detectar, notificar y controlar los eventos de salud pública;
el hecho de que todo evento de salud pública sea notificado a tiempo y de forma abierta hará del mundo un lugar más seguro.
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O documento resume as ideias de tolerância defendidas por Voltaire em seu "Tratado sobre a Tolerância". Voltaire acreditava que as pessoas deveriam ter o direito de expressar livremente suas opiniões e que as pequenas diferenças entre as pessoas, como crenças e costumes, não deveriam ser motivo para ódio ou perseguição. Ele pedia que todos os homens se lembrem que são irmãos.
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This document outlines strategies for achieving success in college and life, noting that success comes from having both outer visible achievements as well as inner invisible achievements like self-satisfaction. It states that success is achieved through having a positive attitude, making wise choices, taking correct actions, and trusting in oneself. Key steps include breaking mental barriers, believing in your abilities, keeping a journal to understand yourself, and never giving up on achieving what makes you happy and satisfied in life.
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O documento lista pedidos de clientes para peças de publicidade, incluindo mascotes, plotagens de frota, anúncios, cartazes, flyers, outdoors e logotipos para supermercados, rádio, faculdade, restaurante e bistrô.
Optical fiber Communication training reporthuzaifa027
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The document describes a coaxial cable dispenser called the EnviroReel, developed by PerfectVision to make cable installation more efficient for satellite installers. It protects cable from tangling and damage, and is easier to transport than cable boxes. Installers for DIRECTV, a large satellite provider, have adopted the EnviroReel and say it simplifies their work by reducing delays. The EnviroReel has been successful and PerfectVision continues developing additional features to further help installers.
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Holographic data storage uses lasers and photosensitive materials like lithium niobate crystals to store data in 3D, allowing much higher storage capacities than traditional methods. It works by using a laser and spatial light modulator to encode data as an interference pattern within the crystal. To read data, another laser beam is shone into the crystal, and the encoded interference pattern reconstructs the data which can be detected by a CCD. Potential advantages include terabyte-level storage capacities, parallel reading and writing of data, and faster access and transfer speeds than hard drives. Challenges remain in developing stable high-capacity recording materials and reliable lasers for the technology to be commercially viable.
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Mexico 14-15 December 2013
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Tero Sarkkinen (Basemark) Latency Testing and Performance Optimization of VR ...AugmentedWorldExpo
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This document appears to be a statistics project or assignment completed by Yesica Johana Gomez Arango, a student in the 9th grade at I.E.T.I.S.D. The document likely contains the results of statistical analysis and calculations performed by the student for a school assignment or project.
The document discusses the parking situation at a school where the parking lot is full by 9:30am, leaving no parking for students with later classes. It proposes using nudges to encourage commuter students to take public transportation instead of driving by highlighting the direct access and benefits of public transportation options. Sample nudges include translating key transportation terms into other languages and combining translated transportation purpose terms into a name.
O documento resume as ideias de tolerância defendidas por Voltaire em seu "Tratado sobre a Tolerância". Voltaire acreditava que as pessoas deveriam ter o direito de expressar livremente suas opiniões e que as pequenas diferenças entre as pessoas, como crenças e costumes, não deveriam ser motivo para ódio ou perseguição. Ele pedia que todos os homens se lembrem que são irmãos.
O documento apresenta trechos da Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil, definindo seus princípios fundamentais como um Estado democrático de direito que assegura direitos e liberdades individuais. A Constituição estabelece os direitos e deveres dos cidadãos brasileiros e estrangeiros residentes no país.
This document outlines strategies for achieving success in college and life, noting that success comes from having both outer visible achievements as well as inner invisible achievements like self-satisfaction. It states that success is achieved through having a positive attitude, making wise choices, taking correct actions, and trusting in oneself. Key steps include breaking mental barriers, believing in your abilities, keeping a journal to understand yourself, and never giving up on achieving what makes you happy and satisfied in life.
Este documento trata sobre la primera infancia y los cambios físicos y de desarrollo que experimentan los niños. Explica que la primera infancia es crucial para el desarrollo y que los niños que experimentan cambios físicos tempranos también pueden mostrar cambios de comportamiento. Detalla los cambios físicos que experimentan las niñas y los niños durante la pubertad y los factores que afectan el inicio de estos cambios. También cubre aspectos que favorecen el crecimiento adecuado de los niños y conceptos sobre la discapacidad en
Cultura afro brasileira ¬ revoltas populares no período das regências- a re...Claudia Martins
O documento descreve duas revoltas no século XIX na Bahia contra a escravidão e o governo português: a Revolta dos Malês em 1835 e a Sabinada em 1837. A Revolta dos Malês envolveu cerca de 1500 negros muçulmanos que queriam acabar com a escravidão e estabelecer uma república islâmica. A Sabinada derrubou o governo imperial e proclamou a República Bahiense, mas foi sufocada pela força do governo central.
O documento lista pedidos de clientes para peças de publicidade, incluindo mascotes, plotagens de frota, anúncios, cartazes, flyers, outdoors e logotipos para supermercados, rádio, faculdade, restaurante e bistrô.
Optical fiber Communication training reporthuzaifa027
This document provides a table of contents and index for a report on optical fiber cables. It includes 8 chapters that cover topics such as the history of optical fiber cables, how they work, different types of optical fibers and cables, optical networks, fiber optic installation, splicing, power measurement, and conclusions. The document provides an overview of the contents and organization of the technical report on optical fiber cables.
The document describes a coaxial cable dispenser called the EnviroReel, developed by PerfectVision to make cable installation more efficient for satellite installers. It protects cable from tangling and damage, and is easier to transport than cable boxes. Installers for DIRECTV, a large satellite provider, have adopted the EnviroReel and say it simplifies their work by reducing delays. The EnviroReel has been successful and PerfectVision continues developing additional features to further help installers.
End-to-end Optical Fiber Cyberinfrastructure for Data-Intensive Research: Imp...Larry Smarr
10.10.13
Featured Speaker EDUCAUSE 2010
Anaheim Convention Center
Title: End-to-end Optical Fiber Cyberinfrastructure for Data-Intensive Research: Implications for Your Campus
Anaheim, CA
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Holographic data storage uses lasers and photosensitive materials like lithium niobate crystals to store data in 3D, allowing much higher storage capacities than traditional methods. It works by using a laser and spatial light modulator to encode data as an interference pattern within the crystal. To read data, another laser beam is shone into the crystal, and the encoded interference pattern reconstructs the data which can be detected by a CCD. Potential advantages include terabyte-level storage capacities, parallel reading and writing of data, and faster access and transfer speeds than hard drives. Challenges remain in developing stable high-capacity recording materials and reliable lasers for the technology to be commercially viable.
A presentation by Michael Xinogalos, Surveying Engineer NTUA 1988, Technical Director of ASTROLABE ENGINEERING at 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning Users Meeting - Nice 2012 (www.astrolabe.gr - www.laseraction.eu)
Burst data retrieval after 50k GPU Cloud runIgor Sfiligoi
We ran a 50k GPU multi-cloud simulation to support the IceCube science. This talk provided an overview of what happened to the associated data.
Presented at the Internet2 booth at SC19.
The Solar CCTV System (SICS) provides rapid deployment surveillance and internet connectivity in remote areas with no existing access to power or data, working in extreme temperatures and highly corrosive environments to provide seamless HD monitoring for high security operations anywhere in the world.
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Presented January 27th, 2020.
Remote sensing –Beyond images
Mexico 14-15 December 2013
The workshop was organized by CIMMYT Global Conservation Agriculture Program (GCAP) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CGIAR Research Program on Maize, the Cereal System Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) and the Sustainable Modernization of the Traditional Agriculture (MasAgro)
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- IceCube detects high-energy neutrinos to study violent astrophysical events by observing the interactions of neutrinos within a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice instrumented with sensors.
- The GPU burst simulation campaign helped improve IceCube's ability to reconstruct neutrino direction and energy and identify astrophysical sources through multi-messenger astrophysics.
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Slides presented by Dr. Ricky Massaro on Full Motion Video to 3D at the UAV-based Intelligent Transportation Workshop at U. Nebraska, Omaha on April 6, 2018.
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- IceCube is a neutrino observatory that detects high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical sources to study violent cosmic events. It uses over 5000 optical sensors buried in Antarctic ice to detect neutrinos.
- A cloud burst was performed using over 50,000 GPUs across multiple cloud providers worldwide to simulate photon propagation through ice for IceCube data analysis. This was the largest cloud simulation ever and demonstrated the ability to burst at exascale scales.
- The simulation helped improve IceCube's neutrino detection and pointing resolution to identify the first known source of high-energy neutrinos, a blazar, demonstrating IceCube's potential for multi-messenger astrophysics.
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Platige Image teamed up with Stink Productions and Juice post house to create a visual spot for the BBC's coverage of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The director from Platige wanted to create a heroic and majestic setting. They convinced the agencies to make the film longer and more epic. Over 50 artists worked on the project for around four months. Rendering the landscapes and simulating ice and snow was challenging due to long render times, but optimizing the scene in V-Ray helped reduce render times. V-Ray's materials, render elements, and efficiency were instrumental in creating the iconic project's visual effects within budget and timeline.
AARNet and ResearchChannel TransPacific HD videoVideoguy
The document discusses AARNet's experiences transmitting uncompressed high definition video between Canberra, Australia and Pittsburgh, USA during the Supercomputing 2004 conference. It summarizes AARNet, an Australian academic and research network, and ResearchChannel, a global effort to share research-related video content. The demonstration transmitted over 1.4 Gbps of HD video using off-the-shelf components with no compression. Plans are discussed to expand ResearchChannel globally and in Australia on AARNet3's new network.
AARNet and ResearchChannel TransPacific HD videoVideoguy
The document summarizes AARNet's experiences transmitting uncompressed high definition video between Canberra, Australia and Pittsburgh, USA during the Supercomputing 2004 conference. Key points include:
- AARNet successfully transmitted 1.4 Gbps of uncompressed HD video between the two locations, equivalent to transmitting over 8 DVDs per minute.
- The transmission used off-the-shelf components like Intel servers to capture, transmit, receive and display the video in both directions.
- It was the first time live HD video was transmitted between the two countries, allowing participants in Pittsburgh and Canberra to communicate in real-time.
AARNet and ResearchChannel TransPacific HD videoVideoguy
The document summarizes AARNet's experiences transmitting uncompressed high definition video between Canberra, Australia and Pittsburgh, USA during the Supercomputing 2004 conference. Key points include:
- AARNet successfully transmitted 1.4 Gbps of uncompressed HD video between the two locations, equivalent to transmitting over 8 DVDs per minute.
- The transmission used off-the-shelf components like Intel servers to capture, transmit, receive and display the video streams.
- It was the first time live HD video was transmitted between the two countries, allowing participants in Pittsburgh and Canberra to communicate in real-time.
AARNet and ResearchChannel TransPacific HD videoVideoguy
The document discusses Research Channel, a project between AARNet in Australia and universities in the US to share uncompressed high definition video over their networks. It describes their initial demonstration of this at the Supercomputing 2004 conference, transmitting 1.4 Gbps of HD video between Canberra, Australia and Pittsburgh, USA. It then outlines next steps for the Research Channel project, including developing a global portal, expanding content and storage, and establishing a revenue model.
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1. BEHIND THE SCENES EDEN
42 | Broadcast TECH | September/October 2016 broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasttech
C
hannel 4’s latest fixed-rig show,
Eden, is billed as a social experiment
in which a group of 23 strangers try
to build a society in the Scottish Highlands.
The show is filmed partly using remotely
controlled cameras and partly by embedded
camera crew, and the site covers a significant
part of a remote, 600-acre region of Scot-
land’s rugged west coast.
With such a vast expanse to cover, plus the
need for the rig to be in place for a year, the
Keo Films production made unique demands
on the facilities firms hired to capture and
craft footage of the cast’s activities.
One of those companies is NEP UK,
the outside broadcast services provider that
also supplies robotic camera systems, semi-
permanent studio installations and kit and
expertise for fixed-rig shows. Its credits
include the C4 series Educating… and reality
formats Love Island (ITV) and Big Brother
(C5), but NEP UK commercial director Mick
Bass describes Eden as “without doubt the
most ambitious fixed-rig project NEP UK
has ever undertaken”.
Preparation began in September, with
recces by Bass and NEP UK technical
manager Trevor Bell. “Based on some of the
stuff we’d done with [executive producer]
Liz Foley in the past, she called me, so I
went up first and walked the course and was
gobsmacked by the scale of what they were
undertaking,” he says.
The core of Eden is the “hands-off experi-
ence”, says Foley: “This cast is unproduced.
How they choose to spend their days, weeks,
months and, ultimately, year is entirely up to
them, including where they live.”
That required NEP to build what Bass
describes as a “durable yet unobtrusive fixed
rig” with video, audio and control technology
in a number of locations across the forest.
How we rigged the
Scottish Highlands
A year-long production on a 600-acre site in the wilds of Scotland was
one of the most ambitious projects ever for the facilities companies
working on C4’s latest fixed-rig series. Phil Rhodes reports
Eden: cast and embedded
camera crew are spending a
year in the Scottish Highlands
2. BEHIND THE SCENES EDEN
September/October 2016 | Broadcast TECH | 43broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasttech
IN-DEPTH
And because of the requirement for a
“hands-off” approach, minimal intrusion
into the area once cameras started rolling
was essential. “System reliability and minimal
maintenance were key,” says Bass.
NEP worked with the production team to
anticipate where best to place the cameras,
and ensure there was enough power avail-
able to run them. Installation began with
power in February this year. Bass credits the
director of Initiative-Electrical for extending
the national grid about a kilometre and a
half. “They took that to the [control room]
compound, then pulled three-phase power
right into the centre of the forest another
1.5km away,” he says.
NEP UK provided the set-up for the
production gallery, 3km from the main site,
which housed the master control room, the
monitor gallery, sound control, ingest,
administration and welfare facilities.
It also built five hubs that would serve as
the nexus for the 45 newly purchased (to
reduce the chance of failure), remotely con-
trolled Panasonic AW-HE40S cameras, pro-
viding power and routing facilities via which
pictures would be routed to the control room.
Each hub also dealt with connections from
the Sennheiser 416 effects microphones and
radio receivers for the cast’s body-worn mics.
Bass is, understandably, reluctant to reveal
specifics of the hub hardware itself. “The
value is in what we did before we got there,”
he says, referring to the plans made during
bi-weekly technical meetings.
Connection of cameras to hubs and then
to the control facility was via optical fibre.
“In situ, we have about 22km of 24-core
fibre,” notes Bass. “It’s about 800km of fibre
if you count all the strands.”
The team chose to house each hub in a
garden shed to allow technicians to perform
equipment set-up and the delicate work of
fibre termination in comparative comfort.
The conditions would, regardless, affect the
tools used to terminate optical fibres.
“We had a deadline to meet and suddenly
we were down a fibre splicer,” recalls Bass.
After replacing the equipment, around 1,000
fibre terminations were successfully made.
Even camera mounts in the Highlands
were a challenge. “The trees fall over,”
says technical manager Jason Spencer, who
built much of the equipment as it was deliv-
ered to site. “There are four iron tent pegs
and we had to drive poles five feet into the
ground because it’s sand.”
Bass says that while rain spots were inevit-
able, despite having imported weatherproof
camera housings from the US, long-term
‘I went up first and
walked the course and
was gobsmacked by
the scale of what they
were undertaking’
Mick Bass, NEP UK
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staining could be a more serious problem,
given the reticence of the production to send in
maintenance crew. “On the first day it started
raining, we thought: ‘Oh, here’s the acid test, if
this dries all spotty it’s going to look terrible.”
Wireless packs worn by the cast include
radio mics, GPS tracking for safety and audio
recording to SD cards during periods of no
radio coverage. “All these stories sink or swim
on the audio. We’ve given them a 24-hour
radio pack in a waterproof case,” says Bass. “I
wouldn’t say [it’s] indestructible, but it’s been
pretty robust.” Built by Wireless Works, these
are left in a drop box every night.
Also, says Bass: “There are embedded
ENG crews. We’ve given them Canon
XF305s, and we’ve got GoPros. There’s quite
a lot of card management to go with that.”
By month four, only one XF305 had been
damaged. “They had screwed one in the first
day and a half by getting it very wet and
sandy,” says Bass.
Having beaten the weather and terrain,
the production used satellite links to get
the footage to Evolutions in Soho for post-
production. Only then could they begin the
edit and grading process to match at least
four types of camera.
The post-production workflow was designed
by Evolutions head of technical operations
Ricky Martin, with an eye on the logistics of
shooting “in the middle of nowhere” and a
desire to begin editing a couple of days later.
These factors drove the choice of both the
Canon cameras – for familiarity, portability and
replaceability – and the lightweight XDCAM
codec used by the embedded camera crew.
Sixteen channels of audio are also
recorded, with up to 64 channels at any one
time. Using Evolutions’ own Luther ingest
system, 48 hours of video material might be
generated each day, with another four or five
from the embedded crew and a few minutes’
worth of GoPro footage.
“The actual workflow is quite a compli-
cated beast, mainly because of distance and
remoteness,” says Martin. Each day, H.264
proxies are generated by Luther and sent to
London via a satellite provided by Internet
Anywhere. Up to five of Keo’s own loggers
begin work a copy of the full-res media is
sent by post.
“The duration of the journey changes
depending on the weather and whether the
postman’s working that day,” says Martin.
As well as the rigged cameras, embedded
crew and GoPros, the production shot a lot
of drone footage and material with an Arri
Alexa for GVs and pack shots.
On location, Evolutions uses Storage
DNA. “The reason we’ve gone with that
is so that when series one is complete, we
can do a retrieval straight from the LTO
using an Avid Log Exchange from the Avid
on their request,” says Martin.
Eden’s first 4 x 60-minute series,
covering the first four months of the year,
ended in August. As Broadcast TECH went
to press, Evolutions had just finished the
next four-part run. Before the cast and crew
return home, Eden is likely to continue
testing its cast and crew in ways that can’t be
entirely foreseen.
Eden is graded on Baselight under Evolutions
colourist Tim O’Brien, who was involved almost
from the start of production. “We’d had discus-
sions about how it was going to look... I had a
rough idea of what to expect but it was only
really once I got the finished sequences that I
could see what we had,” he says.
The brief was to avoid “anything too
stylised that would take away from the reality”.
O’Brien explains: “The viewer’s got to get that
these people are in this real environment.
The main thing is to get across the beauty of
the location. One shot can look like Canada,
the next the Seychelles. You get these incredi-
ble forests then these beach scenes with
turquoise water.”
O’Brien describes the task as “led by
the conditions, so when it’s cold and wet, it
should feel cold and wet”. He adds: “There
were times when I kept it fairly cool to allow
the mood to develop that things weren’t
necessarily going so well.”
He also matched the notoriously difficult
green hues of the foliage. “[Mismatches] can
suggest that things have been filmed at differ-
ent times or even different times of year,” he
explains. The grade was finished over “one very
long day and a few hours the following day”.
“The cut doesn’t finish until the night before
the morning I get it,” he says.
Making the grade
‘The embedded crew had
screwed one XF305 [below]
in the first day and a half.
Got it very wet and sandy’
Mick Bass, NEP UK