Case Study: Royal Holloway, University of London manages video research in minutes with Blackbird

Managing video research material in minutes

Royal Holloway, University of London used Blackbird to manage video research material for its ADAPT industrial history project. The team needed to log, edit, and publish large volumes of raw footage from multi-camera shoots, but they did not have the budget to invest in additional post-production infrastructure. Blackbird’s cloud-based video platform helped them handle the workload using their existing resources.

Blackbird provided a complete editing and logging solution, including tools for editing, colour correction, audio, captions, graphics, and customizable keyboard shortcuts for fast logging. The platform enabled remote access, live collaboration, and optional archiving for student access, while also saving Royal Holloway from purchasing extra edit suites. As a result, the university completed the project more efficiently and at lower cost, with Blackbird’s pay-as-you-go model delivering a flexible, scalable workflow.

Royal Holloway, University of London

John Ellis

Professor of Media Arts