GS3:Chaos in Cancun

Prepping The New Series of Geordie Shore in Cancun Mexico. Researching new effective methods to send Data back to base as the editing will be running during the filming of the series

Onset Technical Coordinator

I have just got back from a shoot. I coordinated 5 teams; each team consisted of two Cameramen, Director, and Assistants. The show is a Live TV series and the main challenge was sending the media to the postproduction house without disrupting the shoot, as it was a 24/7 filming. The cameras were Ex3s and the audio was separate. I applied a Grade to all the viewing monitors on set to give the Director an idea of how it would appear.

The media was sent using G-Drives and it had to be meta-dated and accompanied with a text document that describes “what is what”. There were a few hiccups along the way but all in all the media was wrangled properly which really helped the postproduction house to catch up.  

(this should give you an idea of how much media was involved - this is only for the first day of filming )

3D DIT (Digital Image Technician)

I was lucky enough to be picked for a 3D DIT training course, which covers how to DIT on Set for 3D features and commercials using two camera rigs. Either side by side or mirrored, the cameras that I have mainly used were mainly Red, Phantom and Arri Alexa cameras.

I have learned a lot from this course, I start my first 3D DIT next week.

If you are wondering what DIT is this is an explanation copied from Wikipedia.

A digital imaging technician (DIT) works in collaboration with a cinematographer on workflow, systemization, signal integrity and image manipulation, to achieve the highest image quality and creative goals of cinematography in the digital realm