LIVE AT ROSELAND: ELEMENTS OF 4

While on the last day of a commercial shoot in New York City, my team received a call from director Anthony Green saying that he was about to shoot a series of four concerts for Beyonce, as well as a "Live Via Satellite" segment for the Michael Jackson Tribute Concert, on ten Red One Digital Cinema Cameras. Problem was: they were all on the ground at Off Hollywood and the team had no way of getting them to play nicely together. We needed to rig up those cameras, in addition to a couple of Canon 5D Mk IIs, and some Sony Cine Altas for a multi-cam shoot, then handle transcoding and moving into post-production all before the week was out.

My official title was "Post Media Supervisor" and after the firing of a crew member who snuck photos of Beyonce rehearsing added"On-Set Workflow Specialist" to my list of jobs. At the time, I specialized in on-set and post production workflows around the RED Digital Cinema Camera which was still considered new. My responsibilities included getting the cameras in sync with regard to their firmware, then set up to be the first 10-RED multi-cam shoot in history, make sure they interfaced with the other cameras on set, then back up and transcode all of the footage and get them into a timeline for the editors to take over. 

For 24 hours a day, 4 days in a row I was handling the cameras on set, backing up, and processing the footage for post-production and interfacing with both Beyoncé’s and Michael Jackson Estate teams. In the following months, I provided remote support to the production team on dealing with RED footage and the workflow we developed around it.

Upon its release, the album charted on several international charts, topping the Dutch Music DVD chart, and peaking at number two on the US Top Music Videos, placing within the top ten in almost every European country. The standard edition of the album was certified gold, and the deluxe edition was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and gold by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV).