Ever wonder how CBS and NBC produces large, live events such as football games and concerts? Recently, in my Studio Production class, I have been viewing and experimenting with live and multi-cam studio production. Although our hands-on production is only with two cameras. We have been exploring other and larger producers such as Hamilton Hamish . Hamish is a famous producer that specializes with live and multi-cam production with large stars such as Kayne West and U2. These are intricate and complicated productions with magnificent results. Exploring these large productions has shown me:
1.) How fun these productions may be
2.) The director has the overall say with everything while everyone else simply follows directions rather than shooting at will
3.) timing is very important with music productions (notice the woman yelling counts in the U2 video)
Furthermore, when doing this process ourselves, we quickly realized how it is still difficult to do the same thing as Hamish does with only two cameras. Although, it does seem obtainable very soon. I believe that perfection will be achieved when everyone's strengths are used to their expertise. I have learned:
1.) How important lighting is
2.) Problem solving and how often problems happen (almost always)
3.) Equipment managment and care
Overall, studio production is more than one person working and pulling levers. It is a team effort that only works if everyone does their job correctly.
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