Alternative Images Video Production was asked in June to visit the offices of ZS in Ludgate Hill near St Paul’s Cathedral to discuss logistics for an event that was to take place later that month. All was discussed and preparation for the day commenced.
The meeting was going to be held as a theatre style event where the invited speakers would form a panel at one end of the room and address all who attended. This then would be an opportunity for the audience who were obviously involved in the subject of the meeting to later have a Q and A session with the panel. There were about sixty in the audience that were invited and they had plenty to talk and ask questions about on the day.
ZS is a sales and marketing agency with connections in America and has various office locations around the world. This shoot was estimated to last for about one and a half hours so it was decided to be done using a three camera set up. All three would be set to shoot different angles of the main panel to give variety to the meeting but also to have one that was able to swing an capture the audience when a person wanted to make a statement or ask the panel a question.
Alternative organised all the equipment for the event shoot. The decision was made to have a sound system so everyone could hear on the day but also to provide the cameras with an audio feed from all speakers who wore radio mics so there was no ambient noise from the people who attended recorded to camera. Or very little.
The edit from all the footage shot was a long task of about ten hours to mix the best from the three cameras and ended with a timeline of roughly 100 gigabit of information after edit. After a few edit changes the company had the video for their clients for reference of the days meeting.
