For the Vatican’s Urbi et Orbi blessing on 25 December in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican Media will use Sony’s new HDC-F5500V 4K system camera equipped with a Super 35 sensor to provide a ‘cinematic’ live broadcast.
The experiment will be integrated into the official broadcast using an existing system of HDC-5500V cameras, without altering the structure of international production, but “helping to outline new perspectives for future papal live broadcasts and enriching the collection of content for the Vatican audiovisual archive.”
Engineer Francesco Masci, Director of Technology for the Dicastery for Communication of the Holy See, said, “In line with our mission, the Dicastery for Communication continues to invest in research and collaboration with leading technology partners such as Sony, so that the visual narrative of the Holy See’s events increasingly reflects the depth of the message we uphold.
“As St Augustine reminds us, “truth is like a ray of light that illuminates everything”: even technologies, when placed at the service of the person and beauty, can become tools that help to make visible what inspires, unites and uplifts the spirit. Our experimentation in the field of cinema goes precisely in this direction: to explore, with prudence and creativity, new languages that can support the mission of the Church and reach the hearts of people in every part of the world.”
Benito Manlio Mari, Senior Sales Manager, Regional Sales South, Sony Italy, commented: “The collaboration with the Dicastery for Communication represents extraordinary added value for Sony Europe, as it allows us to continuously refine the performance requirements of our solutions, putting our technology to the test in one of the most significant live production contexts in the world.”
Staff Reporter
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