Flipside AV cameras take pride of plaice in kitchen studio
By Jamie G
Flipside AV built The Fish Society a kitchen studio with the help of BirdDog’s P200 PTZ cameras. The Fish Society has been providing a wide range of fresh fish for 25 years and is the UK’s leading online fishmonger. When the pandemic hit they wanted to be able to provide “how-to” content to their audience. With seeing the success on YouTube and TikTok for cooking videos, they decided to build a lifestyle kitchen inspired by MasterChef. Flipside AV put the studio together.
“The team wanted a premium system with cameras used for recording and streaming live content, and after going through various options, we mapped out a solution that was right for them. When they mentioned MasterChef as their inspiration, I had a feeling there would be a technical challenge that can often happen in a separated studio kitchen. But I think we mapped it out just right with the camera and mic positioning to get some good footage – it’s a proper broadcast set-up.”
James Cooper, Flipside managing director
The studio was equipped with three BirdDog P200 PTZ Cameras. Two cameras were placed on each side of the kitchen and the third directly above the cooking station for an aerial view of the food prep. Also installed was two sub-miniature wireless Audio-Technica 892 headset microphones to be attached to the on-screen chef, Audio-Technica shotgun mics have been placed on either side of the kitchen, in addition to a large diaphragm XY microphone. Audio was a important to The Fish Society. Amy Birse, The Fish Society’s marketing content manager, says “The two shotguns are focused on the cooker and grill, to capture that crisp sound from the grill and chopping-board counter area. There is just enough audio in the mix to be able to fiddle around with it a bit, so it’s not just dry, close-mic sounds. It’s not an echoey room, so you can fiddle about and try to get it to sound as natural as possible.”
“The main objective was for the space to feel authentic, so that when viewers watched, they felt comfortable – like they could easily achieve this recipe at home. We got a lot of inspiration from MasterChef – the way in which they did their filming is how we want to engage our audience. But we don’t want it to feel as sterile as that. We want our content to feel trendy and fresh.”
Amy Birse, The Fish Society’s marketing content manager
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