Production Equipment

As our current Flagship video capture, we are using a classic but finely aged wine - the Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 packs a pretty heavy punch for the size and price of the camera. Designed primarily for high motion photography, this wonder of technology also produces some incredible video, over and above what other video specific camera might offer in the same price bracket.

Featuring a 20.1 Megapixel capacity over a full 1-inch High Sensitivity MOS Sensor / 20.9 Mpx Total Pixel Number / Primary Colour Filter. (37 - 592 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 4K video recording)

The 1/2.33" CMOS sensor in the R10 produces beautiful 1920 x 1080 interlace high definition video that looks great on your HDTV. When you're ready to share your memories every scene will appear with stunning detail and clarity. And, there's no reason to carry your still camera when you've got the R10 along as it captures stunning 9MP digital still photos. When you're done shooting for the day, simple remove the SD/SDHC memory card for uncomplicated transfer to your computer for editing or sharing.

This amazing wireless mic combo is going to make our audio capturing experience so much easier! While recording conversations between 2 of the characters, we can attatch these wireless mics under the costumes, and have them transmit a fully mixed audio to the camera for when we call "ACTION"!

With this unit, we can only record two people at a time, so we'll have to share. However it clears the need for requiring a dedicated, overhead boom mic slipping down into the shot when the guy holding it falls asleep. Audio captured from the wireless mics are feeded live into a portable mixer, so we can tune each mic to the best possible tone for the performers to really deliver the subtle nuances.

And with the 3.5mm jack built into each of the 2 transmitters, we can also use this unit to plug anything else in through the jack, and transmit it the board, or camera.

Not all audio is captured on set during the filming. Some audio captures, along with other correctional stuff, is recorded in studio as overdubs, re-takes and such. Other audio assets are captured on set, only they are not captured along with the video. Things like sound effects, folly sound and environmental ambience that we capture before or after the perfornaces.

For audio imports and assets that are not captured with the video, we have this Steinberg UR22 mk II for all our audio needs. This long time studio standard in the industry is equipped with the UBS 3.0 jack for clean and high capacity audio captures and engineering, and comes with streamlined software to make capturing audio assets a breeze.

This mixer has been absolutely perfect for mixing live audio signals into a steaming or recording software, so it doubles down as my main external audio device on my computer.

Having a basic 3 tone light for adding highlights and additional lighting to your scene is fairly standard. Although I like to use natural lighting as often as possible, sometime the sensor just needs that bit of kick to keep the image looking nice and clear, without having to dip to hard into ISO to make up for dark settings and sets. 

This 3 tone ring light is a fairly standard sale from many different companies offering their own version of it. Very affordable, and can be powered by a portable USB power pack or other USB power source.

This small, 4 in box light is for adding a light source to the camera rig or tripod, to pick up what is immediately in front of the camera. Mostly employed in live settings and events that need an extra pickup light for interviews and other center framed features in a live setting.