In addition to his video conferencing gear, he also carries a GoPro 10 with him on every adventure, with all his gear fitting nicely in a travel backpack. Grossman carefully sources every tool he uses in the field. “Travel and exploration are a passion, but I also love how my job allows me to collaborate with a bunch of different hardware and software manufacturers, and in turn help influence technological evolution.” “A lot of what I try to do is document history and share it with the world,” he said. In the past, he’s also spent time in Chernobyl, as well as barren parts of the former Soviet Union, tracking down abandoned science/engineering-related sites. Grossman harnesses the workflow to support video conferencing needs wherever he goes, including a recent urban exploration trek overseas, which included stops in Hungary, Albania, Croatia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Northern/Southern Italy. Camera outputs are run through his recorder, live switched, and the switched feed is then output to U-TAP for webcasting from a laptop or desktop.
For live switching content or working with multiple feeds, he’ll reverse the steps. The feed is then output to the U-TAP SDI and into his MacBook Pro, plus pass through into a recorder. Since the start of the pandemic, it’s become an essential piece of kit.”įor most video conferences, Grossman uses a RED DIGITAL Cinema DSMC2 with HELIUM (8K) to capture himself on-camera. “U-TAP has been great in this respect it allows me to use the gear I use every day for cinematography jobs to pull off a high-quality HD feed easily and at a low cost. Just as an attorney wouldn’t walk into a courtroom in sweatpants, you can’t join a video meeting with a low-quality video feed,” shared Grossman. “Given all the changes in the M&E industry over the last two years, there’s now a bit of an unwritten rule in terms of your video conferencing quality. It comprises a RED digital cinema camera, AJA U-TAP SDI (a USB 3.0 3G-SDI capture device), plus a recorder, lighting, and a practical backdrop. Instead, he harnessed his video expertise to create an economical, top-notch setup that supports nearly any video conferencing platform. Equal parts media industry stalwart, TV technology and film specialist, explorer, and educator, Grossman refused to compromise video quality in this new norm and opted to ditch his traditional webcam. It’s also challenged creatives like Adventure Cinematographer Philip Grossman to rethink their approaches to production planning, collaboration, and content review. This shift has impacted nearly every industry, including media and entertainment (M&E). From Microsoft Teams to Zoom, the use of video conferencing platforms has seen unprecedented growth in the last two years, with more in-person meetings abandoned in favor of virtual ones.
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