Performance Planning 7

Recording the Show & Contingencies

www.musicstudentinfo.comChris Baker

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recording & contingencies

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recording methods

• Video• Sound recording• Photographs• Simple hand held ‘field recorder’

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recording 3D

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recording the show• Good quality recording are increasingly essential to artists• Used as additional revenue ‘stream’• Used to evaluate performance• Used to demonstrate live performance capabilities• Can be used to settle disputes legal or otherwise

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video considerations

• What is it for ? - promotional, legal purposes or for sale• What are the costs in time and money?• How will it effect the event? Will the video cameras be a

nuisance? Will they need white lighting?• What are the best vantage points?• Recording planning needs to be done well in advance? Why?

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‘field recorder’

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contingencies• Definition - an event that may occur but that is not likely or intended• All gigs have to plan for what to do if something goes wrong• ‘What if’ sessions need to be planned for• At gigs this could include; power outage, performers no-show• Micro-contingency plans need to be put in place• Well-know venues have an emergency plan - needs to be circulated to all

involved

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contingencies

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Rolling Stones Altamont

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worst cases - top 5

1. Free Rolling Stones Concert at Altamont Speedway, 19692. The Who in Cincinnati, 19793. Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark, 20004. Great White at the Station Nightclub, Rhode Island, 20035. Murder of Dimebag Darrell, 2004

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class activity 1 30 mins in pairs

Using your planning notes & the Internet

complete the following

1. Analyze a music performance of a well-known band/artist into its staging elements & discuss the relationship between each of these elements

2. Feedback your results to the group

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class activity 2 30 mins in pairs

1. Choose a theme for the launch of a new alcoholic beverage aimed at young people. Create a brand name for the product. The launch should include a live performance of your choice. How would you relate all the staging to the theme?

2. Feedback your results to the group

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the end

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