Sony Center East and Africa  launches the brand new Sony Venice 2 in West Africa  to empower  filmmakers and cinema producers

Sony Center East and Africa, in partnership with Abazee Productions, launches its latest addition to the model’s Cinema line within the West African market – the Venice 2.  The most recent Venice improve goals to ship a full-frame digital cinema digital camera with inner X-OCN recording and a selection of 8k and 6k sensors, with considered one of two full-frame picture sensors, every providing distinctive image high quality.

Venice was designed particularly for high-end cinematography with a newly developed full-frame picture sensor that meets the wants of the movie trade and pushes the boundaries of large-format picture captures with distinctive image high quality. Venice has been within the manufacturing of blockbuster films like Avatar: The Manner of Water, Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually, and High Gun: Maverick, amongst others.

Talking on his expertise with the Venice 2 digital camera, Cinematographer, Digital Imaging Technician & Coach, Alister Chapman, stated, “A digital camera like Venice is one thing that filmmakers have dreamed about for a very long time. Superlative picture high quality and a really manageable and simple workflow. Whether or not you might be taking pictures for Netflix or taking pictures for IMAX, Venice is a delight to work with.”

The primary-of-its-kind inside the area, the remarkably introduced demo workshop occurred at Nexthought Studios, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos. It was graced by high trade stakeholders; traders, cinematographers, and content material creators, comparable to Clarence Peters, Music video director, Filmmaker and Cinematographer; Akin Alabi, Cinematographer, Content material creator, and Author; Ibidunni Oladayo, Movie Director; and Limitless LA, A number of award-winning Music video director, cinematographer & colourist, amongst others, who have been handled to an experiential workshop and exhibition of the Venice 2 and different cinema line merchandise.

Specifically, the world-renowned cinematographer highlighted that Venice 2 might be exceptionally helpful in producing wealthy and textured photographs of the pores and skin tones, which is usually extra advanced to seize by different merchandise. Dedicated to user-centric philosophy for filmmakers, the Venice 2 digital camera opens up big prospects from a workflow perspective that saves time and assets.  Utilising the Venice 2 permits filmmakers to ascertain compact productions that may find yourself being faster, simpler and inevitably extra inventive.  

Leveraging the strengths of Venice, Sony developed Venice 2 with improved options comparable to a compact design, inner recording and the choice for 2 completely different sensors: the newly developed full-frame 8.6K sensor or the unique 6K Venice sensor.  The Venice 2 additionally inherits fashionable options from the unique Venice, together with color science, Twin Base ISO and 8-stops of built-in ND filters. Total, the Venice 2 is licensed as compliant with Netflix know-how. After its official launch in November 2021, Venice 2 has been utilized by filmmakers on units of nice works comparable to Outer Banks 3, Take Me, Venezia, Homecoming the brief movie, Cowboy Foreign money, The Tremendous Bowl halftime present, and is presently getting used on the set of fashionable 80’s sequel Beetlejuice.

“Investing in Sony’s Venice 2 was a simple enterprise resolution for me. The Cine Line Tour got here on the proper time, and the suggestions from those who have already interacted with the digital camera is encouraging”, says Abayomi Olukanmi, CEO of Abazee Productions. His is the primary rental outfit in West Africa to personal the Venice 2 and repair the area.

Selling inclusion has additionally been on the coronary heart of Sony’s operations, extra notably with the rising recognition of African filmmakers on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. The provision of the Venice 2 digital camera is usually a catalyst for improved high quality of movies and different industrial content material in West Africa.

“With the Venice 2, the post-production course of is less complicated and extra environment friendly, total, an excellent selection for any cinematographer. The VENICE 2 produces stunning, cinematic photographs with wonderful color separation, shadow element and easy, pure pores and skin tones beneath a variety of lighting situations. Venice 2 is now out there for hire with Abazee Productions in Lagos, Nigeria, and we want to onboard extra African filmmakers,” says Omar Abuaisha, Senior Product Advertising and marketing Supervisor, Sony Center East and Africa, on the expectations of Sony on the growth of Venice 2 into the Nigerian filmmaking trade.

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