Panasonic Selected For Music Festival

Panasonic remote cameras have been used during Sound Unbound, a music festival held at London's Barbican Centre, it has been announced.

Sound Unbound aimed to bring classical music to a new audience, and was a joint project between the Barbican and its artistic partners – the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, the Academy of Ancient Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama – and the event featured more than 64 taster concerts over the weekend.

To provide overage of the main hall, four Panasonic AW-HE130 remote cameras were used, with the output from the cameras projected onto giant screens by two Panasonic high brightness projectors. Two AW-RP120 controllers and an AW-HS50 switcher were used to direct the show, allowing pre-selected shots to be changed at the touch of button. Close-up detail of the musicianship and a look at how the conductor controls the Orchestra was relayed in HD across both the auditorium and the foyer, where people could watch for free.

Mark Bloxsidge, Technical Manager at the Barbican Centre, said: "Sound Unbound was an exercise in making classical music more accessible. It was just the pop music of its day, after all. We are grateful to Panasonic for supporting the event with the camera equipment, it certainly enhanced the festival. Many of the audience are used to festivals and pop concerts where the audience is brought closer to the action with the use of giant screens, it's what they expect."

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