Unit 23 LO1

Festival Multi Camera Positioning

Camera 5

Side view

Camera 1

Camera 4

Main Stage
Camera 3

Large Stand

Camera 2

Crowd

Plan view

Main Stage
Press

Crowd

Large Stand

- Camera

 Camera one is placed on top of the large stand which is behind the audience, the camera will be mainly trying to capture the front of the artist
performing as well as the audience and stage. The camera may have a large lense which allows the camera to get close ups of the artist. On the other
hand, the camera may have a wide lense which allows the camera to catch the scale of the event with the audience and the stage in one shot.
Camera two will be placed in the press section of the audience. The camera will be a freecam on a stabiliser usually which allows the cameraman to
move appropriately in order to get a wide range of shots in order to keep the performance interesting and varied. The camera will be getting a shot of
the front of the artist and also close-ups of the crowd as they dance; this is done in order to emphasize the atmosphere of the event and give you a sense
of what it would be like if you were there live.

Camera three will be placed behind the artist on the stage it will be a freecam on a stabiliser which allows the cameraman the move appropriately in
order to get a wide range of shots in order to keep the audience entertained with a wide range of shots. The camera will be mainly getting shots of
behind the artist, showing the audience from the stage perspective in order to show the scale of the event. However the cameraman may move in order
to get close-ups and side shots of the artist to show the audience more detail in the performance.
Camera four will be placed on a jib on the stage. The jib is a piece of equipment which is like a crane and lets the audience have a extremely interesting
viewpoint of the audience and artist. The camera is able to rotate over the audience which lets the camera crew have long shots of the audience, close
ups of the audience or close ups of the artist performing. Normally in a performance there will be two jibs, one of either side in order to both capture the
scale of the event and both get detail of the performance on stage.
Camera five will be placed in a helicopter above the audience. It will rotate overhead of the audience and will get long shots and establishing shots of the
festival. The camera crew will only show a few seconds of this camera shot as it lacks detail however it shows to the audience the scale of the event by
showing a large audience and stage.