D2 Productions’ General Partner, Dave Walzer, was recently interviewed for a write up on SportsVideoGroup.org to discuss our new mobile HD production unit, Genesis.

“We feel there is this middle market that is underserved. They can certainly web stream but if they are looking to do something that is suitable for broadcast, I think this truck will allow them to do that at a price point that has never really been possible for them before. We are enabling the market for smaller schools to enter the broadcast world…

There’s this movement to get every sporting event played online and each game doesn’t have to be a huge $40,000 production, but they do want it to look professional with replay and graphics. I think the equipment that we are putting into the truck enables that to happen for the first time…

A lot of the stuff in the truck is we are taking stock items and we’re either customizing them or augmenting them to optimize them for broadcast.  So with EX-3s we’re taking the stock camera but taking off the stock lens and putting on true sports lenses and longer lenses. We are customizing rear controls, view finders, the whole thing in order to make them user friendly for the sports world…

We’ve been doing sports television for twenty years, so we know what it takes and what a professional sports crew is accustomed to so we know to surround the infrastructure with the environment we know a pro crew is comfortable in.”

For the full write up, visit: Sports Video Group

On February 22nd, D2′s very own Mike Hennessey presented a workshop entitled Interview Lighting 101 as part of Rule Boston Camera‘s Learning Lab Series.  In this presentation, Mike covers hard/soft light and color temp, the pros and cons of current lighting and grip equipment, quality of light, power consumption, heat, versatility of instruments, plus tools on how to shape light with flags and black wrap.  Additionally, Mike takes a very detailed look at three point lighting – proper placement of key, fill, and back lights and customizing them for different subjects based on their coloring and hair style. Mike delves into lighting with popular backgrounds (black, white, grey, green screen, muslin) and how best to choose and light a background in an existing space.

Due to high demand, an overflow room needed to be setup to accommodate everyone.

Mike, surrounded by gear, goes over a variety of different grip options.

Check out the full presentation here: