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With the Internet revolutionising the video industry, news cameraman Didier Lacoste is at the forefront of the changes.
Didier LacosteAfter many years of feeding pictures over landlines and satellites, he performed on Friday a transmission that he had never attempted before: a live webcast.
For him it was significant because the future promise of the Internet had suddenly become the present.
The event he was hired to film and transmit was a comeback performance given by the Norwegian pop group, A-HA.
"The ZDF bureau chief in Paris gave me a call," explained Didier, "and said: 'We want to stream an event on the Internet. Who d'you think we should contact?' I replied, 'It's okay I'll take care of it.'"
Didier was confident he could handle the job even though he'd never done a live webcast and had only five days to prepare.
The Norwegian group, A-HA"The technology didn't worry me," said Didier. "The main problem was getting an ISDN line installed."
ZDF employed three cameras at the venue, two of which were connected to a video and audio mixer. From there the signal was sent to a PC which contained a video capture card and encoding software.
"Everything went very well," said Didier. "The only real worry we had was the bandwidth. Sometimes you can have so much data on the line that it disrupts the flow of traffic. Some days it can be like travelling down a ridiculously small country lane in France and other days, it can be as fast as a three-lane highway. As it happened, on this particular evening, the route between France and Germany was pretty good."
Filming and transmitting the event highlighted an interesting issue: the budgets for webcasts are generally lower than for TV broadcasts because they're not regarded as mainstream - even though the same camera gear is used for both, and webcasts often attract higher audiences.
Crews at the performance"As regards the video and the shooting gear," explained Didier, "it is exactly the same as if you are working for a TV broadcast. In fact, when shooting for the Internet you must be careful that your pictures are very well lit because too many contrasts mean there's a lot more data to carry. Also you must avoid moving too quickly with the camera because the codec can't follow it."
Didier believes the opportunities for cameramen are growing rapidly, partly due to the Internet and partly due to the cheaper equipment coming onto the market.
"I have my own studio contained in my computer," he said. "I can do everything on it. I can edit my video; I can download digital stills photographs and I can talk to people through my webcam. This is the way to work today, I am sure."
Connected to the InternetDidier's computer is a PowerMac G4. Installed on it is the post-production software, Final Cut Pro. The total cost was FF35,000 which compares to a professional work station like Avid retailing at ten times the amount.
But to become a completely self-contained unit, one element still has to be overcome: bandwidth. "There is just one missing piece in the puzzle; the ability to stream broadcast quality video from my computer. But that will come."
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Fünf Tage vorher... hm, a-ha scheinen alles sehr kurzfristig zu planen!