Monday, July 6, 2015

July 3, Simulcast - How it happened

This was SF Opera's 9th at AT&T Ballpark.  It was a challenge.  Figaro had a young cast who not always hit their marks.  We had to improvise some of the time but that is part of live television.  Overall my crew did pretty well.  We had a couple of bumps in the road but  it flew by, even though we started at 7:30 and ended a little after 11 pm.  At the first intermission, the head of Team HD, Jessica Koplos ( Director of Electronic Media at SFOpera ) sent over the traditional hot dogs and garlic fries.  We felt like we were at the Ballpark.

At the second intermission, all cameras changed over to the 16x9 format for our Open Curtain demonstration.  This is were staff members from the opera explains what happens during the intermission.  The audience at the opera house and at the Ballpark got to see first hand of what the carpenters, grips, electricians, props and stage management  do to get ready for the next act.

After this 10 minute demonstration we switched back to 29 x 9.   Act 3 and 4 went into overdrive and before we knew it we were into bows.  The bows had the cast and orchestra show up in Giants hats, scarfs, foam fingers and T-shirts.  Over 30,000 showed up. It was a blast! See everyone next time!


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