XL Video supply The Brit Awards

XL Video played a crucial role in the success of this week’s Brit Awards.
Working for MJK Productions, XL Video supplied 160 square metres of Unitek V9 LED screen onstage, used to form an upstage dome shape.
The screen was an integral element of production designer Bill Laslett’s elegant and spectacular sculpting of the stage.
Either side of stage were two XL-supplied soft screens, fed by Barco SLM G10 projectors, used for titles, general awards package information and IMAG.
At the rear of the audience were 48 panels of low resolution Westerhagen LED screen, configured as four columns, also supplied by XL. These received colourful graphics, and were used for general atmosphere building and excitement boosting.
Nick Fry directed the live-to-screen mix of the show from XL’s OB truck, which was parked up outside the back of Earls Court. He took feeds from 10 of the 15 CTV broadcast cameras, plus two of XL’s own cameras and assorted other pre-recorded and play-in sources.
XL’s front-of-house control was run by Chris Saunders, including VTs and graphics. At the hub of XLs FOH set up was a Vista Montage multi-frequency vision mixing and switching console, operated by Peter Joys. This controlled multiple inputs, and was used to scale and distribute video, camera and data signals including graphics, to all the LED surfaces.
Hamish Hamilton directed the television show for producers Brits TV Ltd, with Richard Shipman sub directing specific elements of the screen content.
For US rapper 50 Cent’s high octane performance, XL supplied a 20 x 20 foot soft screen, fed by two Barco R18 (front) projectors, plus two mobile dolly-mounted columns of Barco D7 LED, measuring approx 20 ft high by 8 ft wide. This customised screen solution was pushed on and off stage in lightening quick time for the changeovers either side of the performance.
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