“Most of our productions deploy between four and six cameras, but this one is more complex with nine, including a pole cam and wireless radio-linked camera,” says Essenhigh. “It’s all handled by a crew of eight. I’m here in the main production centre with my senior vision tech, who manages the cameras and switching. Behind us, we have an engineer who oversees exposure and colour, making sure all the cameras look the same. “Out on the ground we’ve got three manned cameras in main positions, four other fixed cameras plus the pole cam and roving cam,” he continues. The team handles live vision mixing for two different outputs — one for the arena screens and another for the live stream. Apart from the radio camera, all the signals come back to the mixing truck via fibre cable. To get the arena fully cabled up, the camera podiums in position and everything tested, the crew came in at
noon on the Thursday – two full days before the Saturday night show. The signal is then broadcast over the internet using a bonded system that combines the venue’s internet with Bubble’s own 4G bonded backup. It’s a large and complex operation, with extensive equipment transported in the team’s mobile production studio. Everything must perform reliably and not fail under pressure. The rapid and durable Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield fits the bill. With a rubberised cover, it can withstand the occasional bump or drop – even fighting off rain as it’s water and dust resistant, rated to IP65. “We’ve used it in outdoor shoots, high- humidity environments, even during fast- paced rigging changes, and it’s held up impressively,” Essenhigh concludes. It’s also compact, a crucial feature when there’s so much kit to be hauled around. Each portable drive weighs just 98g and is 88mm long and 13mm thick.
It’s plug-and-play ready for Macs and also comes with drivers for PCs, and the software allows you to apply a custom name and password. The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield also comes pre-installed with Samsung Magician software, which monitors its health for added peace of mind, as well as letting users adjust all settings. With a long history of making the fastest, highest-performing portable drives that last and deliver great results, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield gave all the protection the Bubble crew needed to ensure their fast-paced production remained glitch-free.
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