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Fred again.. Festivals 2023

Artist

Fred again..

Date

06/2023 – 09/2023

Location

Worldwide

Role

Video Director

01

about.

Video director for Fred's 2023 worldwide festival run of shows. Repreprogrammed the show on Pixera to allow budget-conscious timeline control. Control via grandMA (from lights), timecode and MIDI from artist & FOH control.


Responsible for all screens output, including content, cameras and programming - operated all shows. Updated touring edits for on the road changes to the music/changes in the creative, also mutliple original edits for additional tracks added.


This show toured through:

  • Primavera, Madrid

  • Primavera, Porto

  • Primavera, Madrid

  • Parklife, Manchester

  • Glastonbury, UK

  • Down the Rabbit Hole, Netherlands

  • Rock Werchter, Belgium

  • Garrock, France 

  • Lollapalooza, Chicago, US

  • Osheaga, Montréal, Canada

  • Connect Festival, Edinburgh, UK

  • Electric Picnic, Ireland

tech.

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  • 3x Pixera Server (director + main/backup)

  • Barco PDS

  • Lightware Matrix

  • ADDERLink KVMs

  • All servers from CT

  • 3x iConnectivity mioXL

  • Netgear Switches (10G, VLANs, Fibre)

  • NDI Camera package

    • 3x Aida HD-NDI-200

    • 2x Panasonic AW-UE80

    • 2x iPhone (wireless & wired)

  • Monolith screen

  • All LED & cameras through Colour Sound Experiment


Handled all MIDI routing between stage, servers & FOH, managed through iConnectivity over fibre on Netgear switches, configured with VLANs for other control networks, working with backline closely to create timecode and MIDI plots.


During the tour, we changed from an all NDI solution cut by myself in server, to a larger camera package with CCU & IMAG Director from Vis-A-Vis Video.

03

credits.

Production Design - Pixel Mappers (Matt Pitman)

Creative - Lucy Hickling

Video Director - Gareth Nunns

Lighting Associate/Programmer - Olly Martin

Cameras - Vis-A-Vis Video

Content Editors - Alba Skottowe & Gareth Nunns

Server Tech - Ellie Clement

Audio - Jamie Tinsley, Andy Knightley, Art Tonge

Backline - Tony Friend, Tobias Miorin, Jon Boorman, Paul Docherty

Tour Manager - Alan Sullivan/Jen Kam

Production Manager - Dermot Lynch

Production Coordinator - Miren Abasolo

Stage Manager - Dale Small

Photos

Bart Heemskerk, Eric Pamies, Eva Blue, Fotono Photography, Graham Joy, Guy Bell, Hugo Lima, Daisy Denham, Jody Hartley, Julian Bajsel, Rob Jones, Vicky Jessop

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