The event was project managed for ShowSupport by Andy Mayneord, who led a team of 12 for the get-in on the Thursday to be ready for a Saturday early afternoon start.
Two landscape format 4:3 ratio Lighthouse R16 I/O side screens were installed, and a 4 camera PPU. The cameras were positioned at FOH, two each side of the pit and a hand-held onstage.
Live video director Jim Bennett's fast cut mix matched the jittery energy of the music, adding an additional edgy layer to the show's visuality for the set - much of which was in daylight.
Working closely with lighting op Rob Gawler, the ShowSupport team also supplied a Coolux Pandora's Box media server, which was run through the WholeHog 3 lighting console. The aim was to produce a projected lighting effect.
With images and graphics from the album artwork loaded into the Pandora's Box, Gawler was able to pulse and strobe these onto the backdrop in time to the music. The Pandora's Box was used to split, tile and produce assorted variations of the images.
Warp Films will be using the ISO records of ShowSupport's four cameras in a DVD Rocumentary being made about the band's performances at Old Trafford and T In The Park.
ShowSupport's racks engineer was Adrian Moore. Rupert Barnes looked after recording and projection, and other crew members were Nigel French, Matt Gathercole, Damian Watson, Dan Shaw and Toby Evans, plus LED tech's Paul Barry and Gareth Manicom. The event was production managed by Scottie Sanderson. PRG supplied the lights and SSE the audio.
(Jim Evans)
