IT-Based Switching Brings Francis Ford Coppola's New “Live Cinema” Project to Life

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Conference Paper
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 2015, No. 07, pp. 1–7
Abstract: While there's been tremendous advances in broadcast technologies in recent years, the underlying bus matrix and M/E architecture of video switchers has remained much the same. As today's live production projects have grown more complex with greater numbers of smaller, increasingly portable cameras and more content-enhancement capabilities, the limits of traditional switchers have grown, requiring larger crews to ensure quality and reliability, and additional resources “bolted on” as needed for larger, more complex switchers. — A newer generation of production switchers delivers a software-defined approach. Fully scalable, distributed live production platforms brings the benefits of advanced IT technology and uses industry-standard hardware and optimized software. Its production-centric architecture combines three key technologies: GPU-based processing, IP interconnection over any distance, and modular resource and control provisioning. — While these next-generation switchers are ordinarily used within the broadcast environment, legendary writer/ director/producer Francis Ford Coppola selected DYVI (EVS' software-defined switcher) for his recent project, Distant Vision, a “live cinema” project that combines the immediacy of a live event with the sophisticated cinematic grammar of film. Live cinema utilizes feeds from cameras, instant replay servers and other sources, which director can switch live with advanced broadcast equipment. — DYVI was used to cut together feeds from Distant Vision's 40 cameras. Its 17 scenes each had their own distinct camera requirements, so each scene's inputs and sources were pre-set for each one in DYVI, dramatically reducing set-up times, simplifying the production, and ultimately enabling a new kind of moviemaking— performed live and viewed by audiences in real-time.
Publication Date: 2015-07-18
DOI: 10.5594/M001737
ISBN: Print: 978-1-61482-958-4
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/M001737
Author(s): James StellpflugEVS, 700 Route 46 West, Fairfield, NJ 07004. United States
Mike SnellEVS, Room A, 35/F, @Convoy, 169 Electric Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Keyword(s): Live Video Switching, Software-defined, IT Architecture, Francis Ford Coppola, Distant Vision, Live Cinema
Copyright: © 2015 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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James Stellpflug and Mike Snell; IT-Based Switching Brings Francis Ford Coppola's New “Live Cinema” Project to Life, SMPTE Meetings and Conferences ( July 2015); SMPTE, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-61482-958-4. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/M001737

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