Gearhouse Broadcast Keeps Rebel Heart Pumping for Madonna Tour

 

SYDNEY, 28 July 2016: Following the unparalleled success of the recent Taylor Swift concert Gearhouse Broadcast has again provided the latest in live music and OB production facilities for one of the world’s biggest music stars. This time it was for Madonna on her Rebel Heart tour at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena.

 

Gearhouse Broadcast Sales Director Manny Papas explained, “Stuart Gosling at York Studios in Melbourne contacted us as he had seen what we had produced for Taylor Swift and wanted the same high level of production.”

 

Similar to the Taylor Swift event the Rebel Heart tour production consisted of a mix of six Sony PMW-F55 large sensor cameras for close up and stage shots and six broadcast cameras with box lenses for longer shots.

 

York Studios EP Stuart Gosling said, “The industry talked after the Taylor Swift gig and it was clear Gearhouse was the go-to company for live music concert OBs. These gigs are now a very big deal as the finished product is recorded, packaged and sold worldwide so the quality of the production has to be incredibly high. I’m very happy to say Gearhouse delivered on all fronts.”

 

Gearhouse employed the same HD6 “Entertainment” Supertruck used on the Taylor Swift event as their production centerpiece this time housing Madonna’s creative team, the line cut, CCUs, three XT3 8-channel EVS and audio multi-track recording alongside the six PMW-F55 cameras with Fujinon 19-90mm Cabrio zoom lenses, six broadcast cameras with box lenses, a SpiderCam housing a Sony P1 with wide angled lens, two Libre Hot Heads also with F55s and a 32 foot techno crane.

 

Papas added, “The HD6 Entertainment supertruck is just that, an OB production vehicle specifically designed to handle large live concert gigs. Also the formula of mixing film cameramen with focus pullers alongside broadcast guys worked extremely well on both the Saturday and Sunday shoot and this time there was even more refinement as we were able to offer more options on how the SpiderCam and Libre Hot Heads could be used.”

 

Gearhouse recorded the gig in 1080i/PsF 29.97 and ISO recorded every camera to EVS and hard drives.

 

York Studios EP Stuart Gosling concluded, “We were delighted with the end result. Witnessing Gearhouse’s production, experience and quality of output it was clear to see they knew exactly what they were doing and how everything worked. It really was an excellent job.”