HD question for fellow aussies about "Home and Away" at DVinfo.net

Ben Gurvich · July 22nd, 2004, 08:58 PM

How come Home and Away looks like digibeta, if its HD cam?
I know they have some SOny 750s(studio) and a 950(im guessing locations), but this is the worst HD ive ever seen, im most dissapointed.

If i lined this up with Spy kids 2 (f900), you'd think it was shot on dvx100.

Any ideas, from Aussies?

Cheers,
Ben Gurvich

Doug Turner · July 22nd, 2004, 11:24 PM

Hi Ben,

I'm a fellow Aussie resident (still officially a Pom... sorry!).

I haven't watched Home and Away since I left the UK(!!), but I know how they shoot it, which might explain a few things.

They shoot it with a multi-camera setup, so one scene is shot with 5 cameras rolling, for instance (almost like a live show) - this means that the lighting will be really flat (read: crap).

So it's like they're filming a play... so they won't have realistic lighting or a shallow depth of field or pans or dollies or steadicams (just in case they get the other cameras in shot).

Also the acting is crap and the stories are crap, which doesn't help... it's TV dinner fodder.

Heartbreak High was much better.

My recent short shot on a 3CCD JVC GY-DV301E looks much better than Home and Away (phew!)... but yeh, I wish I had their equipment as I'm sure I could make a great looking film with it.

Cheers, Doug.

Ben Gurvich · July 23rd, 2004, 07:01 PM

Cheers Doug,

Nice to hear from a fellow aussie,- maybe its all multicam'd to a umatic deck? i dunno.

July 22nd, 2004, 08:58 PM	#1
Ben Gurvich Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 329	HD question for fellow aussies about "Home and Away" How come Home and Away looks like digibeta, if its HD cam? I know they have some SOny 750s(studio) and a 950(im guessing locations), but this is the worst HD ive ever seen, im most dissapointed. If i lined this up with Spy kids 2 (f900), you'd think it was shot on dvx100. Any ideas, from Aussies? Cheers, Ben Gurvich

July 22nd, 2004, 11:24 PM	#2
Doug Turner Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 43	Hi Ben, I'm a fellow Aussie resident (still officially a Pom... sorry!). I haven't watched Home and Away since I left the UK(!!), but I know how they shoot it, which might explain a few things. They shoot it with a multi-camera setup, so one scene is shot with 5 cameras rolling, for instance (almost like a live show) - this means that the lighting will be really flat (read: crap). So it's like they're filming a play... so they won't have realistic lighting or a shallow depth of field or pans or dollies or steadicams (just in case they get the other cameras in shot). Also the acting is crap and the stories are crap, which doesn't help... it's TV dinner fodder. Heartbreak High was much better. My recent short shot on a 3CCD JVC GY-DV301E looks much better than Home and Away (phew!)... but yeh, I wish I had their equipment as I'm sure I could make a great looking film with it. Cheers, Doug.

July 23rd, 2004, 07:01 PM	#3
Ben Gurvich Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 329	Cheers Doug, Nice to hear from a fellow aussie,- maybe its all multicam'd to a umatic deck? i dunno.