{"id":3409,"date":"2010-01-19T09:38:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T09:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=3409"},"modified":"2010-02-02T14:22:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T14:22:49","slug":"top-toys-for-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=3409","title":{"rendered":"Top toys for boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HD and stereoscopic 3D specialist\u00a0BTV provided all the postproduction for James May\u2019s Toy Stories, which features some ambitious world record-breaking projects. Ross Copeland, Senior Colourist and Online editor, used SGO Mistika for the entire project.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3411\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/PlasticineGarden.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3411\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3411 lazyload\" title=\"PlasticineGarden\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/PlasticineGarden.jpg?resize=500%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/PlasticineGarden.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/PlasticineGarden.jpg?resize=482%2C320&amp;ssl=1 482w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/332;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from James May\u2019s Toy Stories (BBC Two)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The BBC Two television series follows James May, the award-winning Top Gear presenter, as he sets out to prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant today when he pushes them to the limit in spectacular, supersized challenges. During the series, James May makes a full-size Spitfire out of Airfix; creates a plasticine garden (pictured above); races two scalextric cars around the old Brooklands race track; links two towns with the world\u2019s longest model train set; builds a life-size bridge out of Meccano and builds a full-size house out of Lego.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by BBC Two from Plum Pictures, the programmes were produced by Stuart Cabb and Will Daws.\u00a0BTV post produced the entire series including online editing, colour grading, audio mixing, mastering, QAR and deliverable creation. The series first aired on BBC Two in late December.<\/p>\n<p>A postproduction workflow combining SGO\u2019s Mistika and Avid\u2019s Media Composer was used to prep each episode for grade and mastering. Mistika\u2019s capability of natively working with Avid media in real time, allowed for online and grade to be completed without the need to return to tape until master creation. A film look was then applied using the Snell &amp; Wilcox Alchemist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith some grading systems the big issue is render time at the end of the session which can make you think twice before applying too many treatments like shading and vignettes,\u201d explains Ross Copeland \u201cMistika works in realtime with no rendering so you can apply as many free vector secondary grades, windows, tracked shapes, keyframed animated grades, rescales and so forth, as you want to, and it will just play out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copeland says he also put Mistika to good use in the Scalextric episode to help focus the attention on the cars on the track and to fix some issues inherent with that type of location filming. \u201cBeing resolution-independent, Mistika can play files of any resolution,\u201d continues\u00a0Copeland. \u201cThe Hornby episode had some animating map graphics that were supplied at over four thousand line resolution. I needed to add a zoom in and out of these graphics as they animated and Mistika\u2019s re-interpolation function worked nicely for that. Mistika has definitely provided the ability to create a more polished result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighton.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit BTV<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 2px 6px 4px 6px; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: #dddddd 2px solid;\">\n<p><em><strong>Metadata<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Title: James May\u2019s Toy Stories<br \/>\nClient: BBC Two<br \/>\nProduction Company: Plum Pictures<br \/>\nPresenter: James May<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Will Daws<br \/>\nExecutive Producer: Stuart Cabb<br \/>\nPost Production Company: BTV<br \/>\nTechnical Director: Jon Lee, BTV<br \/>\nSenior SGO Mistika Artist: Ross Copeland, BTV<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 2px 6px 4px 6px; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: #dddddd 2px solid;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HD and stereoscopic 3D specialist BTV provided all the postproduction for James May\u2019s Toy Stories, which features some ambitious world record-breaking projects. 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