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Friday, July 12, 2019

Backstage Video: The Cameras and Switchers for Network on Broadway

Stage Directions: Blackmagic Design announced that the hit Tony-winning Broadway play Network used its products to help create an immersive experience for audience members, putting them right in the middle of a live news broadcast. In this video from the National Theatre, Video Designer and Cinematographer, Tal Yarden explains the use of cameras in the London production

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think that it is very interesting that this is how live theater is done now. Only a few years ago, having live picture on stage was basically impossible and now it is one of the main features of this show. I think that it is an interesting choice that they are doing a lot of the video live as I have seen shows where they did projections of the actors but they were prerecorded. It really leaves no margin for error but I am not surprised as this is a Broadway production. I wonder if the cameras didn’t work during a production at any point in the shows run. It says in the article that they used very high quality cameras so I’m don’t think that this would have happened but it’s live theater and anything is possible. I wonder how much this technology will be used in the future as it has already been implemented in a successful broadway show.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is very interesting that this is how live theater is done now. Only a few years ago, having a live picture on stage was basically impossible and now it is one of the main features of this show. I think that it is an interesting choice that they are doing a lot of the video live as I have seen shows where they did projections of the actors but they were prerecorded. It really leaves no margin for error but I am not surprised as this is a Broadway production. I wonder if the cameras didn’t work during a show at any point in the shows run. It says in the article that they used very high-quality cameras so I’m don’t think that this would have happened but it’s live theater and anything is possible. I wonder how much this technology will be used in the future as it has already been implemented in a successful Broadway show.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is very interesting that this is how live theater is done now. Only a few years ago, having a live picture on stage was basically impossible and now it is one of the main features of this show. I think that it is an interesting choice that they are doing a lot of the video live as I have seen shows where they did projections of the actors but they were prerecorded. It really leaves no margin for error but I am not surprised as this is a Broadway production. I wonder if the cameras didn’t work during a show at any point in the shows run. It says in the article that they used very high-quality cameras so I’m don’t think that this would have happened but it’s live theater and anything is possible. I wonder how much this technology will be used in the future as it has already been implemented in a successful Broadway show.

Anonymous said...

I think that it is very interesting that this is how live theater is done now. Only a few years ago, having a live picture on stage was basically impossible and now it is one of the main features of this show. I think that it is an interesting choice that they are doing a lot of the video live as I have seen shows where they did projections of the actors but they were prerecorded. It really leaves no margin for error but I am not surprised as this is a Broadway production. I wonder if the cameras didn’t work during a show at any point in the shows run. It says in the article that they used very high-quality cameras so I’m don’t think that this would have happened but it’s live theater and anything is possible. I wonder how much this technology will be used in the future as it has already been implemented in a successful Broadway show.