Camera Corps partners in world's first live 3D music
webcast
May 28, 2009
Source: Camera Corps
Nineteen Fifteen, one of Britain's most
creative television production companies, chose Camera Corps
and 3D technology specialist Inition as partners in the world's
first live 3D gig for piano rock band Keane.
Eight HD cameras, each with a dedicated Camera Corps CCU,
were supplied for the performance which was televised from
Abbey Road studios in London on Thursday April 2. The multicamera
shoot was also viewable in 3D on the Keane website (www.keanemusic.com)
where Keane aficionados could order red and cyan anaglyphic
glasses.
The glasses were distributed with the band's latest 7 inch
single 'Better than This'. The performance itself marked the
anniversary of a Beatles live satellite broadcast. As well
as feeding live to the web, the production was captured to
HD videotape, fed to live to Cinema (Vue West End) and trialed
on Sky TV's 3D TV platform live via a Sky box.
"Camera Corps lived fully up to their reputation for
helpfulness and efficiency," comments Vicki Betihavas,
Producer at Nineteen Fifteen. "They provided six Hitachi
DK-32 and two Toshiba IK-HD1 cameras plus a remote control
system for each camera, the production being in full 1080/50i
HD. All the cameras were used in 3D-pair configuration. The
Toshibas were coupled on a Steadicam. Two of the Hitachi cameras
were fitted on a 20 foot Technocrane and the other four positioned
in different locations around the studio. The CCUs enabled
us to ensure that all the cameras were uniformly aligned."
"3D has always been technically challenging from acquisition
and post-production through to distribution," adds Andy
Millns, Director at Inition: "Current video hardware
was not designed to handle 3D images but the ability to view
and manipulate 3D pairs of HD sources is an essential tool
for 3D production. Our SB-1 processor allows producers to
monitor and manipulate 3D on a wide range of 3D and non-3D
monitors and TVs."
"3D has been around since the earliest days of photography,
film and television," adds Camera Corps' Director of
Operations, Matt Frost. "It presents a series of very
interesting challenges, not least in the way images are delivered
to the audience. Direct-view stereoscopic displays are now
on the market from several major manufacturers and could eventually
transform 3D viewing from a minority activity into a serious
option for mainstream broadcasting. The ingenuity and creativity
shown by Nineteen Fifteen will undoubtedly encourage faster
adoption of this technology."
Camera Corps specialises in providing high-volume support
services for reality television programmes as well as very
large-scale sports events. The company has achieved a pre-eminent
reputation for its ability to acquire exciting and unusual
television content from exceptionally challenging environments.
Its ever-growing arsenal includes high-level cranes, HD and
SD motorised tracking cameras, underwater cameras, bullseye-mounted
archery target cameras and fire-proofed high temperature cameras.
The Camera Corps team expands during large-scale events from
eight full-time staff based at Shepperton Studios to as many
as 200 specialists, including highly-skilled rock climbers
able to establish camera positions in almost any location.
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