NEWS

DAMIAN MARLEY GOES HD

Brixton Academy saw the highly anticipated 'Welcome to Jamrock' gig performed by Damian Marley.

Shooting Partners worked alongside The Production Department to provide all 12 HD cameras, live vision mix & projection used for gig. The BBC were also present to record the event for their urban radio station, 1 Xtra, which was broadcast live to their listeners.

The event, which will be released on DVD used 4 x Sony HDW-750's located in key positions front of house, while 8 x Sony HVR-Z1E's were used to move around the stage and crowd. Two locked off Sony PD x10's were also fixed above the stage to time lapse record the venue filling up and a Polecam was used to capture more of the onstage antics.

Shooting Partners sister company, Anna Valley Displays, provided the projection and screens that were used either side of the stage to enhance the performance, this was mixed live using the down converted outputs from the HD cameras, scan converted computer graphics and the Polecam.