
The laptop essentially becomes the “video output” of that tablet and then the HDMI out of the laptop goes directly into the Video Assist and then goes right into the ATEM Production Studio 4K Switcher. When the Video Assist came out, I wanted to use it so I could receive Shane’s Laptop signal, as he connects a tablet to the laptop wirelessly and then draws on the laptop with a stylus, showing his lighting schematics and how he blocks a scene.

I was able to get it into our day-to-day operation of how we capture “On Set with Shane” for “Shane’s Inner Circle.” We actually use quite a lot of Blackmagic Design products in how we create our SIC content, like the Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4K Switcher and the Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Studio 2 Recorder. Last year, when the Blackmagic 4k Video Assist Monitor/Recorder came out, we employed it immediately into our workflow here at Hurlbut Visuals.
