It’s Official: The D-Cam is 100% Pasta Proof!!!
Gigawave equipment is designed to deal with most things Mother Nature can throw at it. But we never thought the D-Cam would have to cope with 5kg of pasta being tossed at it by top chef, Jamie Oliver.
The Naked Chef threw the tagliatelle at his support act who ducked out of the way and the pasta hit the camera head on. It wasn’t a one-off either, infact it’s happening daily, without any performance problems from the equipment. The stunt was performed as part of his live cookery tour, which has recently passed through the UK and Germany.
Australian facilities company, Blacksheep Productions, who put on the Jamie Oliver Live shows, are using a brand new Gigawave low-delay D-Cam Wireless camera system to interface with their Sony D50 camera. Both Jamie Oliver and the show's Director, Ben Alcott from Blacksheep agreed that they needed a reliable and easy to use wireless camera system for the show, and knew that Gigawave was a name they could trust. The set was based on a trendy urban open-plan living area and Oliver wanted a cable free zone, meaning they had to go wireless.
Director, Ben Alcott, explains their decision, “the Gigawave system is so simple to set up that it took us less than 30 minutes from the time the cases arrived at the venue to having pictures up and ready to go”.
The wireless system plays a big part in the show, allowing Blacksheep’s cameraman, Tony Marinceski, to follow Oliver as he races round the audience. Indeed the show opens with shots of the chef sitting among the audience appearing on a large 20’x15’ screen. Screen visuals play a big part in the show, with close-ups of the food as well as members of the audience routinely being shown along with witty captions so there was no room for compromise on quality.
During the current German leg of the tour, local chef Tim Mälzer was involved in some stunts. Alcott says, “At the start of the 2nd Act, Tim came out pretending to be Jamie, talking to the audience in German, meanwhile cameraman, Tony Marinceski went backstage with the
D-Cam to find the real Jamie tied up and gagged. This was shown on the big screen and the audience loved it!”
He added, “As Director of the show, the D-Cam gives me the flexibility to do this kind of crazy stuff.”
The D-Cam will continue to feel the full force of Oliver's pasta throughout his live cookery tour.
Frankfurt, Germany- February 2007 |
