Mar 6 2010
The Oscars 2010
Everyone keeps asking me about this so I figured I would devote a post to explaining what’s going on.
For the past three years I have been hired to produce and direct an Oscar party, well the media related aspects of the party. The location of the reception is kept private to protect the privacy of all the attendees.Myself along with my team set up Multiple screens to broadcast a live feed from the oscars into the reception hall, We handle the photographers and video as well. For people who can’t or choose not to be at the Theater where the oscars are held they will attend the party and have dinner with their friends. During the commercial break we cut to an Internal video feed and interview them, capture them acting silly or even just display picture slideshows of the attendees – this always seems to be the highlight of the event.
I got involved with this event by being hired as a technical consultant the first year, we ended up contributing a lot more input then requested and the result was above and beyond anyones expectations so they decided to scrap the event planner the next year and just hire myself along with my crew.
This year my roll is a little more intense. For the first half of the event I will be on the red carpet with my video gear streaming the live feed to the reception hall. For the later part of the evening I will then take back control of the video board and run command of the entire event from behind closed doors(for many reasons)
We spent a lot more time this year planning then any previous year. It may not seem like a lot of work but we are using two audio receivers at 900 watts each, over 16 speakers, multiple video screens, three to four video feeds at any given time, video switchers up the rear, over 9000 feet of cable. It’s extreme.
Due to confidentiality agreements and of course professionalism I won’t be tweeting or posting pictures of myself with anyone or providing detailed information about who I see or talk to at the event. It’s nothing personal it’s just playing by the rules.
If you have any other questions just hit me up, I hope this helps some of you understand a little bit more info on what I do every year involving the oscars.
~MN
