Join us to celebrate and support Earth Day 2022!
#InvestInOurPlanet

Earth Day is about awareness and action to combat our greatest threat, climate change. From individuals and businesses to organisations and governments, we need to keep making positive changes and we need to do it faster than we ever have before.

When Origin was first launched, we asked our team what was important to them personally, and without fail each and every person highlighted the importance of doing what was right when it came to the environment.

After considerable internal discussion and with the help of external consultancy we undertook a detailed review of our business and how we could deliver an organisation which not only supported and embraced change, but actively encouraged it.

With a strong set of sustainability and environmental policies in place covering everything from waste management and transport to utility consumption and supplier review, we have now implemented “project impact” planning as part of our review when tendering for new work. Not only does this ensure that we are adhering to our commitments, but it helps highlight areas where our clients can support change and best practices.

We believe that together we can make change, but it’s not just today, its every day.

Earth Day #InvestInOurPlanet #OriginFilmTV

What do you do when you’re 1.6 KM up a mountain in the Italian Alps, and your client requests another IPDirector workstation?

Traditionally, this kind of request kick-starts a chain reaction. Grab the kit off of the shelf back at base, running it up or wiping it down, sorting out information for a carnet, booking a courier, and then waiting for the kit to arrive… and that’s if there are even any in stock on the shelves.

However with the new PMZ virtualisation platform from EVS, I was able to deploy a new virtual workstation within minutes of the request coming in from our client. With PCoIP agent installed on a spare PC, all that was needed was a quick phone call to EVS support for a new set of licenses to cover the remaining length of the job.

Of course, virtualisation is not new technology but the application of it in the Broadcast and Film industry most definitely is. We’re often led by technology suppliers qualifying hardware and workflows, so that we have rock solid solutions out on location and in studios. Now that we have a fully qualified solution from EVS, it opens up a whole new selection of Broadcast solutions.

We’ve been using the new PMZ platform to keep “rack real estate” down, with zero impact on performance on many of our larger scale jobs for the past year, but this is the first time that the flexibility to spin up a new instance has been the desired feature.

Find out more on our projects page
https://originbroadcast.com/projects/freeze-the-fear-with-wim-hoff/

We're excited to announce that Chris Frankland has joined our engineering team.

Having spent considerable time in the world of Soho post houses, he was formerly a DCP Mastering Technician, Support Engineer, Grade Assistant and Post Systems Engineer (although he adds 'not all at the same time'). He has worked in Post Production on many Netflix Originals as well as BBC programs and several major Feature films and was also part of the team that provided 65mm IMAX Dailies scanning on 'No Time To Die', the recent James Bond film.

With things starting to ramp up and summer just around the corner it doesn't look like it will be long until we are in full flow. With several projects already under his belt working with our team, he's already trusted and welcome member.