Photos from Zin VTR Works's post
(Updated 1:20am PDT, Wed. Nov. 7)
Last year, this time, we were home from setting up working NTSC 29.97i equipment for Season 2 of Netflix GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, similar to what we did for Season 1 in 2016.
The Season 2 sets included the Multi-format edit suite we set up for Season 1, (first picture) and a small control room with switcher in an office area overlooking a wrestling ring set.
The Season 1 Master Control Room included a working Grass Valley Group 300 switcher. You’ll see it and the edit suite in Episode 10 at the end of the show.
Green screen and tracking were used in post to replace the green with desired production video or still images.
For Season Two, the production decided to use real video for some monitors, and green screen for others.
Again, Warner Bros. Production Sound and Playback provided packages to play back files and present SMPTE bars and solid color screens onto CRT monitors we (or they) supplied.
The Schindler Imaging conversion units allow the playback engineer to adjust the input and output frame rates and frame sizes (IE SD to HD/HD to SD), the height and width of the displayed image to compensate for screen linearity issues, and the Color Temperature, so you can match the screen color temp to the set lighting color temp.
Multiple Schindlers converted 29.97i to 24p for display on via analog composite or SDI to Multi-standard analog CRT monitors.
The show shot with a pair of (RED, if I recall correctly -not sure model) cameras shooting 24p.
For Season 2’s edit suite, color monitors from Warner replaced our 9” Panasonic monochrome monitors.
In the top picture, you see live NTSC 3/4” Umatic playback through Schindler box into center Ikegami color monitor and 14” Sony BVM. The other images are from computer files through Schindlers to composite distribution amps and then to monitors.
In the Season 2’s small control room, Schindler boxes provided green and/or Bars. Green screen was replaced with video from ringside camera shots made with the RED production cameras. They could also have handled playback from BVU-800 & 820 3/4” Umatic decks in the rack.
The Schindler units have been out of production for more than a decade, but designer Keith Schindler reported in January that a new unit—MVP-HD24—would be in released soon.
Note:—Twice tonight, I’ve gone through and captioned all the pictures... and then tried to add a video. Result... pix and captions disappeared. I did discover I could revert to the last saved version using the edit history... but I’m pooped. Will try captioning the pix again tomorrow. ... See more
