TX helped create a 360 experience to better explain the problems Comic Relief are trying to solve.
Providing multiple 360 cameras and camera crew to shoot a mosquito-eye view of Malaria in Uganda for VR specialist production company, VR City.
Voiced by David Tennant, this video explores Life on the Front Line, with the world’s deadliest creature, the Mosquito, and how Malaria can be life-threatening for these communities.
You can read more about this shoot on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/content-comic-relief
An immersive 360 video experience, TX scrub up for a first-person view of an angioplasty at The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, for specialist VR Production Company; East City Films
Experience a live Angioplasty, experience it in a 360-degree video, made for the British Heart Foundation.
Utilising a range of 360-degree cameras, external recorders, monitors and viewing gallery to ensure that everything was captured, and nothing was missed, stitched live for better viewing, with a full stitch completed in post, and presenting via a VR headset for an experience as if you were there.
Read more on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/british-heart-foundation
Whilst beautiful, the mountains around The Matterhorn throw up some challenges for 360 Video. The camera team from TX, working for production company VR City, hauled full pro VR shooting kit, monitoring and a track and dolly system across the Alps.
https://sanmiguelrichlist.independent.co.uk/vr/
Transmission TX are now owners of Mantis 360 Support systems to aid in the capture of 360° footage.
The Mantis, described as ‘The ultimate stabilised remote dolly for 360 camera arrays’, is used on uneven surfaces, awkward angles and rough terrain to help capture stabilised footage for ease of editing in post.
With a Kenyon gyro, 2-axis gimbal and 4 wheel-drive, as well as being remotely controllable from speeds of 0.1mph; the Mantis is a great aid to capturing stabilised footage, be it tracking shots, eye-level shooting, etc.
Please contact us for hire prices and availability.
Shooting 360 video on wirecam, drones, in rivers and fires, TX are again out with VR City to create a 360 interactive experience VR tour of the Laphroaig Distillery on Islay. The film tells the story of Laphroaig Whisky from the rivers and peat fields to the glass. Slàinte!
We learnt a lot ourselves, a great fun to shoot, read more about it on East City Films website: https://eastcityfilms.com/laphroaig
Read the thoughts of So Many Whiskies here, having toured quite a few distilleries – they’d know a good one: https://www.somanywhiskies.com/distilleries/item/908-laphroaig-virtual-tour-islay-scotland
360 Degrees Video? He’s behind you! No, it’s not the Christmas pantomime that came early…
SphereVision and Transmission TX have workied together on a VR City Production, to capture William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 360-degrees for a fresh take on theatre.
Using a complex 360 camera system (a combination of both Odyssey and Omni camera systems), along with a Laser Scanner. The captured footage then is augmented and enhanced by the use of overlaying the 3D model, converted from a point cloud (using Pointfuse’s rapid point cloud to vector software).
Once in post, this allows the use of depth maps to aid the editors to add some pretty cool effects. Enhancing what is already an interesting take on a standard theatre production!
Check back soon for a link to the finished piece. We love these innovative ways of utilising 360 degrees video, it’s going to look great.
A great project to work on!
Read more about our work with East City Films to bring this idea to life: https://eastcityfilms.com/king-of-infinite-space
Point Grey (recently acquired by FLIR) have announced the Ladybug 5+, some of the key features include:
– Frame rate of up to 60fps
– Sony Pregius global shutter CMOS sensor (for improved image quality).
– Low noise (noticeably in the blacks) and HDR
– Operating temperatures of -20 up to 50°c
TX are looking to take delivery of the new Ladybug 5+ shortly so get in touch to discuss options for your next 360° project!
From 4 positions around the London Eye, TX brought in the New Year with live streaming 4K 360 degree streaming of the midnight fireworks.
TX ran over two miles of fibre-optic cables around central London. Also sending video across wireless RF links to our customised 360-degree-capable OB truck.
As part of the end-to-end solution for The BBC, we vision-mixed the incoming video. This was then encoded to stream live to YouTube for viewing via an App or on the BBC website.
Watch the BBC’s Youtube channel here, and relive the magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfVvJY-C8gA
Over the festive period, Transmission TX were tasked with installing a multi-camera rig and assisting with the capture and shooting of footage, for a series of adverts by TalkTalk.
Using a range of unmanned Fixed rig and PTZ remote cameras, these were installed in a family home, including remote hotheads and 360 degree camera rigs.
Rigged in a relatively short period, as covertly as possible, to avoid interaction with the family. This allowed us to capture raw, ‘fly on the wall’ footage of your average, everyday family in the UK living their day-to-day lives, capturing the spirit of TalkTalk’s message ‘This stuff matters’.
Read more about the project here:
https://www.thedrum.com/creative-works/project/chipartners-talktalk-stuff-matters
Watch one of the adverts produced from our captured multi-camera footage here:
Sandwich shop customers got more than they bargained for when confronted with a choice of crisp sandwiches by Gary Lineker and Paddy McGuinness. TX provided five covert remote-controlled PTZ cameras with links to a remote vehicle for control and monitoring by our crisp-loving team, to create this tv commercial.
Read more about the Post and part The Mill played on this project on their website: https://archive.themill.com/portfolio/3150/walkers-flavour-2016-%E2%80%93-sandwich-man
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