Marius Blog: BVE 2014 - The essential broadcast and production technology event

"BVE brings your target market to you"

During the final project me and our group decided to take the one day trip to BVE (The essential broadcast and production technology event) that happens in London every year for a duration of three days. Being a student is a very good chance to explore and be inspired by more than 300 different companies. This event offers products or services for production, post production or broadcast professionals and it is the place to meet current and future customers. Moreover, UK has the largest production, post production and content creation communities. Let's do not forget that BVE is free to attend for all those studying or actively employed in the broadcast and production industries. During the visit I was inspired by new products such us Canon Cine Lenses, Adobe Cloud system. The main purposes of this visit was to explore more deeply some specific departments such as "BECTU" which offers benefits and services for freelancers of members' union. "StartinTV.com" and "Film&TVPRO" provide job opportunities in TV and Film industries and help to promote personal talent.

Before the start of filming our short final film the BVE was a perfect place to look more closely at equipment and get professional advises for our specific use. One of the most important decisions we needed to make was a choice of lenses for filming landscapes. We knew that we will be using Canon cameras for filming documentary in India. We went to "Canon" department and tested a few lenses which would fit the best our requirements in the production. With professional help we decided to rent Canon 16-35 mm lens for wide angle shots. The image below explains the narrow and wide angle lens.