AJA Ki Pro enables new ARRI HD Video Assist System for 35mm film cameras
8 April 2010
California - The makers of upcoming feature film Home For Christmas used the AJA Ki Pro portable, tapeless video recording device together with the ARRI HD-IVS video tap to playback, record, store, and easily access film footage on set, and review high-quality HD video in context of the full shoot.
The Nordic film, Home For Christmas (Hjem Til Jul), was the first feature film to incorporate the new video assist solution into its on-set production workflow.
Cinematographer John Christian Rosenlund used the AJA Ki Pro portable digital disk recorder into a video assist package to record footage shot on ARRI 35mm film cameras for review on set, in full HD with synced sound. Rosenlund shot the film on ARRI ST super 35mm film cameras and brought the ARRI HD-IVS / Ki Pro solution into the workflow.
On set, the filmmakers took the HD video generated by the ARRI HD-IVS system and fed it through the AJA Ki Pro to record high-quality Apple ProRes 422 QuickTime files. Ki Pro was also connected wirelessly to the sound department to capture synced sound, and the video was then played back on on-set monitors to enable in-context review.
“It’s super important that when you shoot film you have the same tools, flexibility and efficiencies that you have with digital cameras,” said Rosenlund. “Digital is very convenient on set, and the Ki Pro helped us get some of that freedom. We can store beautiful images on a device that’s easily accessible for all of us to review what we’ve shot. The Ki Pro’s file system makes it very easy to move around, and even try things in Final Cut. It gives you the potential to collect metadata so you can easily store and catalogue files for simplified searching later on.”
Home For Christmas, from acclaimed director Bent Hamer, is in post-production and scheduled for release in the winter of 2010
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